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  • 2 weeks ago | indianapolismonthly.com | Julia Spalding

    AMONG MERIDIAN-KESSLER’S leafy grid of streets featuring one architectural gem after the other, the imprint of a civic-minded architect named Edward Pierre is unmistakable. During the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s, he designed scores of homes in Midtown—by some estimates, at least one house per block between 38th and 62nd streets—in his signature eclectic style blending elements of Tudor, art deco, colonial revival, and prairie into grand but livable spaces.

  • 2 weeks ago | indianapolismonthly.com | Julia Spalding

    WHEN JOE RAY and his wife, Kacy, spotted a “For Sale” sign a few doors down from their Cottage Home new-build a few years ago, they saw a rare opportunity to move into an architectural time capsule—one of five Vonnegut & Bohn doubles that date back to 1888 and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

  • 3 weeks ago | indianapolismonthly.com | Julia Spalding

    ACCORDING TO Rob Tankersley, operations director for the Crossroads of America Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the most important items you bring on a camping trip aren’t pictured in any quaint campfire vignette—they’re the tools that save your trip when things go wrong. “We all make mistakes, but there are a handful of items that I won’t go without,” says Tankersley. Here are some of his practical, hiking-boots–on-the-ground suggestions.

  • 3 weeks ago | indianapolismonthly.com | Julia Spalding

    Illinois: Garden Of The GodsCampers who prefer solitude and starry skies over s’mores and hot showers are in their element in this section of the Shawnee National Forest’s 289,000 acres of raw wilderness along the southeastern edge of Illinois. The area is known for its weather-sculpted rock formations—sandstone spires with names like Camel Rock and Anvil Rock—as well as panoramic views of the hills and treetops.

  • 3 weeks ago | indianapolismonthly.com | Julia Spalding

    Sandy Springs CampgroundIn 2018, Julie and Darcy Wangler moved from North Dakota to Southern Ohio after buying a fixer-upper campground that was on the brink of closure. Julie had owned a reflexology business and worked in hospitality, while Darcy came from a family farming background. But they saw enough potential in the property—spectacularly situated along a dramatic bend in the Ohio River and at the base of the Appalachian foothills—that they took a leap of faith.

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