The World's Most Beautiful Places
Fall color along the hiking trail to Strahl Lake. Located in Brown County State Park outside of Nashville, Indiana. The park, which is heavily wooded, is the state’s largest protected natural area, comprising more than 15,000 acres. It was founded in 1929, and was comprised largely of former farm holdings that had been abandoned by settlers because of the area’s relatively poor soils.
Yellow Spring, which the village of Yellow Springs, Ohio is named after. Located in Glen Helen Nature Preserve. Glen Helen, along with John Bryan State Park, and Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve, form a 2000 acre corridor of park land, that is known for cleanliness and biodiversity.
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.