The World's Most Beautiful Places
A winter sunset along the Ohio River as seen from the Big Four Bridge in Jeffersonville, Indiana. In the distance one can see the Abraham Lincoln Bridge and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge which collectively handle the traffic of I-65 traffic coming down from Indianapolis and up from Nashville, Tennesse. Beyond that is downtown Louisville, Kentucky’s largest city.
An abandoned homestead in Brown County State Park near Nashville, Indiana. With poor, thin soils on hilly terrain, Brown County was one of the last places in Indiana to be settled. Farmers tried for years to make the area productive, but ultimately the vast majority began leaving the area during the Great Depression. At the same time a movement began to turn the area into a nature park. Today, Brown County, at more than 15,000 acres, is Indiana’s largest state park.
The Battle of Corydon, the only Civil War battle in Indiana, occurred on July 9, 1863. The battle included the Union’s Harrison County Home Guard, and 2,400 confederate cavalry commanded by General John Hunt Morgan (known as Morgan’s Raiders). Morgan ultimately went on to win the battle and continue a rampage through Indiana, Ohio and up into Pennsylvania.