Places exploringwithesch Wants to Go

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.

Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

One of the world’s largest living advertisements is made out of pine trees.

A tribute to a 13-year-old boy who was kidnapped in 1793 and escaped over two years later.

This midcentury chapel is a bold architectural statement and a symbol of Indiana's Lutheran heritage.

Historians and hobbyists head to this former French outpost for the annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon.

The chiseled jaw of this forgotten American hero still stands tall in a small Indiana town.

A chapel built by Italian POWs during World War II tells a forgotten tale of the war on the home front.

The humble Hoosier roots of a famed Broadway composer.

This Indiana walk of fame honors music legends with record-shaped plaques in the pavement.

The massive, original Colgate Clock is mounted on a defunct factory building that was once a prison.

A concrete block embedded with thousands of pulled teeth was created by a local dentist to memorialize his dog.

This former Indiana quarry has been transformed into a park and SCUBA site where divers can explore the drowned mining equipment.

A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.

A large collection of motorbikes with some impressive gems.

A giant concrete egg marks this Indiana town as the "Egg Basket of the Midwest."

The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.

One tree's homage to soles past and present.

The world's largest anatomically accurate brain sculpture.