The World's Most Beautiful Places
A street sign named Indiana on a city road in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Indiana is the 19th state in the union, formed in 1816. Located in the Midwestern region of the United States, it borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, Kentucky to the south and Illinois to the west. Indiana’s name means “Land of the Indians”, or simply “Indian Land”.
An abandoned and burned out building that caught fire in downtown Louisville. This view caught my eye, because it captures just how close urban decay and abandonment can be to another section of the city that is very modern and well maintained. The large skyscraper behind the burned out building is part of a large medical arts complex that spans multiple city blocks and contains many of the city’s and state’s largest hospitals and most advanced medical facilities.
This building stood in this condition for at least a year, and may still be there today.
A rusty metal utility with the words “City of Jeffersonville Established 1802” includes subtle design elements hinting at Jeffersonville’s past as a center of boat manufacturing, at the Jeffboat shipyards on the Ohio River, which were founded back in 1834 by James Howard. Jeffersonville is located in Indiana, across the river from Louisville, Kentucky.
