Madison Historic District Historical Marker
300 E Vaughn Dr, Madison, Indiana 47250
Learn about Madison’s National Register-listed Historic District, spanning more than 130 blocks and hundreds of buildings dating from about 1812 to 1920.
Eleutherian College, Inc.
6927 West State Road 250, Madison, Indiana 47250
Near Madison, Eleutherian College preserves the story of an early integrated school and its connection to education, abolition, and the struggle for equality before the Civil War.
Historic Forsythe Mill Covered Bridge
Listed in Historic Bridges, Historical landmark
W 650 S, Rushville, Indiana 46173
This 1888 Burr Arch covered bridge near Rushville crosses the Big Flat Rock River and recalls the mill communities and bridge-building traditions of nineteenth-century Indiana.
Indiana Landmarks Tours – West Baden Springs Hotel
Listed in Buffalo Trace Route, Historical landmark, Historical place, Hotel, Inn, Tourist attraction
8538 W Baden Ave, West Baden Springs, IN 47469, West Baden Springs, Indiana 47469
Explore the grand domed atrium and resort history of West Baden Springs Hotel on an Indiana Landmarks tour in southern Indiana.
Lincoln Pioneer Village & Museum
928 Fairground Dr, Rockport, IN 47635, Rockport, Indiana 47635
A museum and outdoor pioneer village in Rockport featuring local-history exhibits and historic or reconstructed log buildings connected with the world of Abraham Lincoln’s Indiana years.
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
3027 E S St, Lincoln City, Indiana 47552
Walk the Indiana landscape where Abraham Lincoln spent his youth, with museum exhibits, historic grounds, a reconstructed pioneer farm, trails, and the cemetery where his mother is buried.
Site of Kercheval, Indiana
Listed in Historical landmark
13799 200 E, Chrisney, Indiana 47611
A rural Spencer County map point marking the historic community of Kercheval, northeast of Chrisney. Best suited to travelers interested in Indiana place names, local history, and the traces of former settlements.
Pigeon Roost Memorial State Historic Site
75 Edrington Blvd, Underwood, Indiana 47177
Pigeon Roost Memorial State Historic Site near Underwood commemorates the September 3, 1812, attack on a frontier settlement that killed 24 settlers. The quiet memorial offers a chance to reflect on Indiana’s early history, the War of 1812 era, and the human cost of frontier conflict.
Whitewater Canal State Historic Site
Listed in Museum
19073 Main St, Metamora, Indiana 47030
Walk beside a preserved 19th-century canal in Metamora and explore the Duck Creek Aqueduct, Metamora Grist Mill, and other reminders of Indiana’s canal-era transportation history.
New Albany National Cemetery
1943 Ekin Ave, New Albany, Indiana 47150
Established during the Civil War, New Albany National Cemetery honors Union soldiers, veterans, and service members from later conflicts. Its quiet grounds provide a thoughtful place to reflect on New Albany’s military history.
Madison Historic District Historical Marker
300 E Vaughn Dr, Madison, Indiana 47250
Learn about Madison’s National Register-listed Historic District, spanning more than 130 blocks and hundreds of buildings dating from about 1812 to 1920.
Eleutherian College, Inc.
6927 West State Road 250, Madison, Indiana 47250
Near Madison, Eleutherian College preserves the story of an early integrated school and its connection to education, abolition, and the struggle for equality before the Civil War.
Historic Forsythe Mill Covered Bridge
Listed in Historic Bridges, Historical landmark
W 650 S, Rushville, Indiana 46173
This 1888 Burr Arch covered bridge near Rushville crosses the Big Flat Rock River and recalls the mill communities and bridge-building traditions of nineteenth-century Indiana.
Indiana Landmarks Tours – West Baden Springs Hotel
Listed in Buffalo Trace Route, Historical landmark, Historical place, Hotel, Inn, Tourist attraction
8538 W Baden Ave, West Baden Springs, IN 47469, West Baden Springs, Indiana 47469
Explore the grand domed atrium and resort history of West Baden Springs Hotel on an Indiana Landmarks tour in southern Indiana.
Lincoln Pioneer Village & Museum
928 Fairground Dr, Rockport, IN 47635, Rockport, Indiana 47635
A museum and outdoor pioneer village in Rockport featuring local-history exhibits and historic or reconstructed log buildings connected with the world of Abraham Lincoln’s Indiana years.
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
3027 E S St, Lincoln City, Indiana 47552
Walk the Indiana landscape where Abraham Lincoln spent his youth, with museum exhibits, historic grounds, a reconstructed pioneer farm, trails, and the cemetery where his mother is buried.
Site of Kercheval, Indiana
Listed in Historical landmark
13799 200 E, Chrisney, Indiana 47611
A rural Spencer County map point marking the historic community of Kercheval, northeast of Chrisney. Best suited to travelers interested in Indiana place names, local history, and the traces of former settlements.
Pigeon Roost Memorial State Historic Site
75 Edrington Blvd, Underwood, Indiana 47177
Pigeon Roost Memorial State Historic Site near Underwood commemorates the September 3, 1812, attack on a frontier settlement that killed 24 settlers. The quiet memorial offers a chance to reflect on Indiana’s early history, the War of 1812 era, and the human cost of frontier conflict.
Whitewater Canal State Historic Site
Listed in Museum
19073 Main St, Metamora, Indiana 47030
Walk beside a preserved 19th-century canal in Metamora and explore the Duck Creek Aqueduct, Metamora Grist Mill, and other reminders of Indiana’s canal-era transportation history.
New Albany National Cemetery
1943 Ekin Ave, New Albany, Indiana 47150
Established during the Civil War, New Albany National Cemetery honors Union soldiers, veterans, and service members from later conflicts. Its quiet grounds provide a thoughtful place to reflect on New Albany’s military history.
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