The World's Most Beautiful Places
The Story Inn has a long history dating back to 1882. It lies at the center of the town of Story, Indiana, which was founded by farmers trying make a living from the marginal soils of the hilly area that is Brown County, Indiana. The town and the inn went through various phases of growth and decline, and the surrounding countryside saw much of its original farming population leave and the land they left behind turned into Indiana’s largest state park.
Black (Pugh’s Mill) Covered Bridge near Oxford, Ohio. The bridge was originally built n 1868 to provide access to a saw and grist mill owned by James B. Pugh on Four Mile (Talawanda) Creek. The bridge unlike many covered bridges, remains in its original location, and was restored by the city of Oxford, in 2000. The bridge incorporate two wooden truss designs, the Childs and Long Truss styles. It is one of the longest and tallest covered bridges in Ohio.
The roofless church built in New Harmony Indiana, in 1960. It was intended as an open air interdenominational church. The building was designed by Philip Johnson, known for his modern, and post-modern architecture.
The Roofless Church is one of a number of interesting features of New Harmony, a unique village in southwest Indiana, originally created by religious order known as the Rappites. They are also known as Harmonists, after the official name of their community, the Harmony Society. Robert Owen, a wealthy industrialist purchased the entire town from the Rappites in 1825, with the goal of creating the ideal Utopia, an experiment that failed within two years. The town also known as the second headquarters of the US Geologic Society, in large part because of Robert Owen.