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Sightseeing

Parque Estatal Spring Mill

From the rental house it’s a 14 mile drive south toward Mitchell, IN, and Spring Mill State Park. Step back in time to the early 1860’s. Visit the completely restored pioneer village at Spring Mill State Park. Take a stroll through the village’s 20 plus log cabin structures dating back to the early 1800’s. Interact with and learn from interpreters as they go about “their daily chores” such as rope-making, candle-dipping, blacksmithing, gardening, and weaving. Visit the working limestone Grist Mill. The mill is an original structure that was built in 1817 and grinds corn to this day. Water flowing out of Hamer Cave pours over the enormous water wheel and drives the gears that spin the grindstones. Take a cave boat tour. Have lunch or dinner at the Spring Mill Inn, a 1930s PWA project and vintage period hotel (open year-round). Enjoy local delicacies like persimmon pudding and corn bread made from the grist mill while you’re there. Village Open: May through October. Inn: Open year round with folk music and other special events.

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Parque Estatal Spring Mill

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From the rental house it’s a 14 mile drive south toward Mitchell, IN, and Spring Mill State Park. Step back in time to the early 1860’s. Visit the completely restored pioneer village at Spring Mill State Park. Take a stroll through the village’s 20 plus log cabin structures dating back to the early 1800’s. Interact with and learn from interpreters as they go about “their daily chores” such as rope-making, candle-dipping, blacksmithing, gardening, and weaving. Visit the working limestone Grist Mill. The mill is an original structure that was built in 1817 and grinds corn to this day. Water flowing out of Hamer Cave pours over the enormous water wheel and drives the gears that spin the grindstones. Take a cave boat tour. Have lunch or dinner at the Spring Mill Inn, a 1930s PWA project and vintage period hotel (open year-round). Enjoy local delicacies like persimmon pudding and corn bread made from the grist mill while you’re there. Village Open: May through October. Inn: Open year round with folk music and other special events.

Medora Covered Bridge

Medora Covered Bridge & Brick Plant http://www.medoracoveredbridge.com/ Medora, Indiana, 23 miles west of Bedford off US 50, is home to America’s longest restored 3-span covered bridge. Take a picnic and hike through the long wooden bridge, now closed except to foot traffic, and to feel what travel was like back when the bridge opened in 1875. A few miles from the bridge is the old Medora Brick Plant, http://www.medorabrickplant.org/, now a national historical site, under reconstruction. Its beehive shaped kilns are being preserved and an educational station has been added to help preserve the history of clay brick making in America.

Medora Covered Bridge

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Medora Covered Bridge & Brick Plant http://www.medoracoveredbridge.com/ Medora, Indiana, 23 miles west of Bedford off US 50, is home to America’s longest restored 3-span covered bridge. Take a picnic and hike through the long wooden bridge, now closed except to foot traffic, and to feel what travel was like back when the bridge opened in 1875. A few miles from the bridge is the old Medora Brick Plant, http://www.medorabrickplant.org/, now a national historical site, under reconstruction. Its beehive shaped kilns are being preserved and an educational station has been added to help preserve the history of clay brick making in America.

Limestone Dr

Indiana Limestone Trail https://www.tsop.org/TSOP2019/photos/Indiana%20Limeston%20Trail.pdf Love fossils, rocks and history. Take the Indiana Limestone trail to see old quarries, modern mining, and architectural delights crafted of Indiana’s world-famous limestone.

Limestone Dr

Limestone Drive

Indiana Limestone Trail https://www.tsop.org/TSOP2019/photos/Indiana%20Limeston%20Trail.pdf Love fossils, rocks and history. Take the Indiana Limestone trail to see old quarries, modern mining, and architectural delights crafted of Indiana’s world-famous limestone.

Green Hill Cemetery

If you love ghosts and are a genuine “Tombstone Tourist,” visit Bedford’s Green Hill Cemetary. (GPS walking tour free to download here: http://www.greenhillbedford.com/ Bedford and its sister town, Oolitic, are world famous as the “limestone capitals of the world.” Much of early Washington, DC is built of Bedford limestone, Many of the gravestones in the Greenhill showcase the unusual talents of several generations of immigrant limestone masons and carvers. The nearly abandoned tiny town of Tunnelton, just 12 miles from Bedford, remains a mysterious place. Trains still run through the mile long brick-lined tunnel, built in the 1800s. Many say the tunnel is haunted by the ghost of RR foreman (Henry Dixon) murdered there by his men, his dead body placed on the tracks in an effort to make the law believe his death was accidental. The tunnel is a very spooky place, word-famous as a site loaded with poltergeists. Watch the YouTube Tunnelton Ghost Channel to get the full scoop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJMko9ynlRs

Green Hill Cemetery

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If you love ghosts and are a genuine “Tombstone Tourist,” visit Bedford’s Green Hill Cemetary. (GPS walking tour free to download here: http://www.greenhillbedford.com/ Bedford and its sister town, Oolitic, are world famous as the “limestone capitals of the world.” Much of early Washington, DC is built of Bedford limestone, Many of the gravestones in the Greenhill showcase the unusual talents of several generations of immigrant limestone masons and carvers. The nearly abandoned tiny town of Tunnelton, just 12 miles from Bedford, remains a mysterious place. Trains still run through the mile long brick-lined tunnel, built in the 1800s. Many say the tunnel is haunted by the ghost of RR foreman (Henry Dixon) murdered there by his men, his dead body placed on the tracks in an effort to make the law believe his death was accidental. The tunnel is a very spooky place, word-famous as a site loaded with poltergeists. Watch the YouTube Tunnelton Ghost Channel to get the full scoop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJMko9ynlRs

French Lick

From the rental house it is 23 scenic miles south to French Lick, Indiana. Rich in history as a vacation spot once served by private railcar from Chicago for Roaring 20s gangsters and gamblers like Al Capone. The restored French Lick resort is a delightful “must see” period piece for history buffs, romantics, and architectural mavens. The area is home to two Four-Diamond nationally historic hotels, three golf courses, two rejuvenating spas, and a Vegas-style casino. Scenic railroad rides with staged train robberies are offered in season.

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French Lick

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From the rental house it is 23 scenic miles south to French Lick, Indiana. Rich in history as a vacation spot once served by private railcar from Chicago for Roaring 20s gangsters and gamblers like Al Capone. The restored French Lick resort is a delightful “must see” period piece for history buffs, romantics, and architectural mavens. The area is home to two Four-Diamond nationally historic hotels, three golf courses, two rejuvenating spas, and a Vegas-style casino. Scenic railroad rides with staged train robberies are offered in season.

New Harmony

Two hours south of the house is the amazing old utopian pioneer village and walking labyrinths of New Harmomy, Indiana. Visionary Johann Georg Rapp and his Harmonie Society founded Harmonie on the Wabash River in 1814. The Harmonists called the town their “neu Harmonie” having left their initial American home in Harmonie Pennsylvania. Its members were Separatists from the German Lutheran Church. This millennial society, waiting for Christ to come, built 180 buildings in the 10 years they were here and many are still standing today. They produced quality products including textiles, rope, barrels, tin ware, candles, bricks and much more using the latest machinery and technology. Because beverages were in demand in neighboring and river towns, wine, whiskey and beer were produced in large quantities. The daily production of whiskey was about 32 gallons and 500 gallons of beer were brewed every other day. The Harmonists applied their shared work ethic to achieve uncommon economic success, but in 1824 moved back to Pennsylvania and built their third town called Economy. This charming river village is a great place to have lunch and visit America’s past.

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New Harmony

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Two hours south of the house is the amazing old utopian pioneer village and walking labyrinths of New Harmomy, Indiana. Visionary Johann Georg Rapp and his Harmonie Society founded Harmonie on the Wabash River in 1814. The Harmonists called the town their “neu Harmonie” having left their initial American home in Harmonie Pennsylvania. Its members were Separatists from the German Lutheran Church. This millennial society, waiting for Christ to come, built 180 buildings in the 10 years they were here and many are still standing today. They produced quality products including textiles, rope, barrels, tin ware, candles, bricks and much more using the latest machinery and technology. Because beverages were in demand in neighboring and river towns, wine, whiskey and beer were produced in large quantities. The daily production of whiskey was about 32 gallons and 500 gallons of beer were brewed every other day. The Harmonists applied their shared work ethic to achieve uncommon economic success, but in 1824 moved back to Pennsylvania and built their third town called Economy. This charming river village is a great place to have lunch and visit America’s past.

Indiana Uplands

http://www.indianauplands.com/ Load up the car and hit the country roads for a tour and tasting of fun and festive wine blends along the Indiana Uploads Wine Trail. Download a free trail map before you go to chart your path and choose which wineries produce your favorite varieties. Nine wineries along the trail produce 241 different varieties, so you’re sure to find something for everyone in your gang. There’s enough for a single full-day road trip north or south of your rental house in Bedford.

Indiana Uplands

8373 Morgans Lane Southeast

http://www.indianauplands.com/ Load up the car and hit the country roads for a tour and tasting of fun and festive wine blends along the Indiana Uploads Wine Trail. Download a free trail map before you go to chart your path and choose which wineries produce your favorite varieties. Nine wineries along the trail produce 241 different varieties, so you’re sure to find something for everyone in your gang. There’s enough for a single full-day road trip north or south of your rental house in Bedford.