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398  THE GREA T LAKES

Indiana murals, painted for the World’s
Fair. The Tibetan Cultural
Unlike the other states of the Great Lakes region, Indiana Center is the only one in the US
has only a short, 45-mile (72-km) stretch of shoreline along and is a haven for meditation.
Lake Michigan. As a result, the state’s history has centered The Indiana University Art
on its extensive river systems – the Maumee/Wabash in the Museum was designed by
architect I.M. Pei. It includes
north, and the Ohio in the south – and the development works by Henri Matisse, Claude
of the railroads and highways that linked Indiana to key Monet, Auguste Rodin, and Andy
Midwestern and Eastern markets. Indiana today is an Warhol, as well as Picasso’s 1934
engaging place to explore by car, especially along its hilly L’Atelier (The Studio).
Ohio River backroads and Amish-country scenic lanes.
P Indiana University
Art Museum
6 New Harmony 1133 E 7th St. Tel (812) 855-5445.
Open 10am–5pm Tue–Sat, noon–
* 900. n Atheneum/Visitor Center, 5pm Sun. Closed public hols. 7
401 N Arthur St, (800) 231-2168. ∑ artmuseum.iu.edu
∑ newharmony.org
America’s two most successful 8 Indiana Dunes
utopian communities flourished
in this neat village on the east- National Lakeshore
ern banks of the Wabash River. n Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor
The first, the Harmonie Society, Center, Hwy 20 & Hwy 49. Tel (219)
was founded by a Pennsylvania- 926-7561. Open 8:30am–4:30pm daily
based German Lutheran (to 6pm in summer). Closed Jan 1,
separatist group in 1814. The Thanksgiving, Dec 25. & 7
sect followed a doctrine of ∑ nps.gov/indu
per fectionism and celibacy
in anticipation of the second One of the nation’s most diverse
coming of Christ, focusing groups of ecosystems is con-
on the development of Monroe County Courthouse, Bloom ington, tained within the 23-sq-mile
profitable agricultural and a Beaux Arts building (61-sq-km) Indiana Dunes
manufacturing enterprises. National Lakeshore. Only a
In 1825, the Harmonists 7 Bloomington 30-minute drive from downtown
returned to Pennsylvania, * 70,000. ~ @ n 2855 N Walnut Chicago, this stunning refuge is
after selling the town and the St, (800) 800-0037. located along the 25-mile
surrounding lands to Scottish ∑ visitbloomington.com (40-km) stretch of the Lake
textile magnate Robert Owen. Michigan shore. Its ecosystems
The latter, too, sought to create Surrounded by rugged include bogs, swamps, marshes,
an ideal society based on free limestone outcrops, this city is glacial moraines, prairies, forests,
education and the abolition of home to the leafy Indiana oak savannas, and dunes linked
social classes and personal University campus. Quarrying by scenic roads and a network
property ownership. The colony of the limestone deposits of hiking and biking trails. The
failed after two years, but Owen’s fueled Bloomington’s 19th- Beyond the Beach Discovery
sons, David and Robert, pursued century growth, the results of Trail leads to the area’s natural
their father’s ideas and later which can still be seen in the treasures. The park is also
established the Smithsonian city’s magnificent public known as a bird-watcher’s
Institution in Washington, DC. buildings. A prime example is paradise, as herons, cardinals,
The tree-lined town is now a the 1906 Beaux Arts Monroe kingfishers, and towhees are
State Historic Site with 25 well- County Courthouse, at the frequently spotted here.
preserved Harmonist buildings, center of the
an inn, and many beautiful mani- Courthouse Square
cured gardens. These include Historic District
the reconstructed Labyrinth, located downtown.
a mazelike set of hedges On the campus
arranged in concentric circles are a variety of
around a stone temple that historic buildings
stands at the center. and outdoor spaces.
The 1941 Auditorium
P Historic New Harmony displays 20 panels
603 West St. Tel (800) 231-2168. of Thomas Hart
Open Mar–Dec daily. 8 10am, 2pm Benton’s 1933
daily. & 7 Century of Progress Deer at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp422–4 and pp425–7

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