Detour from Chicago to French Lick, Indiana
French Lick, Indiana has the kind of name that you know you learned about in history class. Was a Civil War battle there? Was a US President from there? What could it be? Well, I’ll tell you. I bet you could never guess that this seemingly innocent midwestern small town was a bustling resort of […]
A True Detour: Miller Beach
Chicagoans associate Indiana with Gary, and its steel mills, unemployment, and factory landscape. Few are aware of the nearby community of Miller Beach, surrounded by the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. (Little fact: Only four parks have the designation of “National Lakeshore” and all of them are on the Great Lakes.) Carl Sandburg buried his toes […]