Category Archives: Places to Go

Harding Memorial

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Roger

Warren G. Harding died of a heart attack in August, 1923 while on a trip to the West Coast. His hometown of Marion, Ohio, immediately began collecting money for a memorial to him. It was finished in 1927, and Harding’s … Continue reading →

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Hostetler’s Hudson Auto Museum

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Roger

While my wife shopped in downtown Shipshewana, I searched for something more to my taste. I discovered an antique auto museum tucked into a corner of an event center. When I arrived, it was only 45 minutes to closing, but … Continue reading →

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Shipshewana

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Roger

My wife has a friend who keeps insisting that she has to visit Shipshewana. So we did. Our first stop was the Menno-Hof, a museum about the Amish and Mennonite people, created and operated by Amish and Mennonite people. We … Continue reading →

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Campbell Hill

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Roger

The highest point in Ohio, Campbell Hill outside Bellefontaine, may be more interesting than the highest point in Indiana, but just barely. At least, when you stand on the spot, you get the sense that you’re higher than something. The … Continue reading →

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Mid-America Windmill Museum

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Roger

Right outside the small town of Kendallville, Indiana there’s a field full of windmills. Not the huge ones like they have in Holland but small ones, like you see on farms. It so happens that windmills were manufactured in Kendallville … Continue reading →

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