Columbus, IN

Last week we were in Indianapolis. I have always stayed downtown when I have been there, but they had us playing a university, so we were out in the burbs. And what a nice burb it was, if I do say so myself. However, there wasn't really a lot to DO where we were. I went and saw Alice in Wonderland one afternoon (totally not a fan), and we just kind of hung out.


I had read about a town about 45 minutes away called, ironically, Columbus. It is ranked in the top 10 places in America for it's architecture, and is the only place on that list that is not a major city. So I of course dragged Kevin on my little adventure with me.


We went on a tour of the town from the visitors center, and I was pretty amazed at all they had in this tiny little town in Indiana. Their library was built by the same guy that designed the glass triangle pieces outside of The Louvre, and most of their other 71 structures and buildings were done by famous architects that I have never heard of, but that sounded very important. What was interesting was that I saw a few things and said, "that's nothing special- it looks like a building from the 70's". Then I would be reminded that it was built in the 50's, which is why it was so significant. My favorite place that we visited was the North Christian Church, built in 1964. It was just so funky! The entire interior was poured as one huge piece of concrete, and the baptism area was the oddest thing....

There were little things throughout the town that made it was it is... sculptures in the park, street lights with character to them, etc. The chandelier below is a Chihuly. Chihuly is the guy who did the ceiling at the Bellagio in Vegas, if you have ever been there. Oddly enough through touring, I have seen his pieces in different small towns across America.

Our last stop (after the tour) was this old ice cream and soda shop called Zaharako's. I think they said it opened in the late 1800's, and it was recently renovated. They actually made soda the old school way, and made their own ice cream. Good stuff. On the opposite side of the counter they had a little museum area with all of the old fountains that had been restored. My dad would have loved it there.

Oh- did I tell you our tour was cancelled? Yep, that's right. Done. So I won't be exploring too many more cities with the puppy show.... more to come on what's next later, because I don't know right now!