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Barn
Logansport, IN
Photo courtesy Richard Weiss

Check out this roadside sight found off the highway in Logansport. Yes, this is a semi made out of roof shingles. 11-09

Etna Elevator Co.
Etna Green, IN
Photos and info courtesy Richard Weiss

Located in the town of Etna Green, IN is this ancient grain elevator, every bit a symbol of the Midwest. Unfortunately someone had tacked some aluminum on one side of the tower. 02-10

(Left) Another view of this Etna grain elevator in Etna Green

Grain Silo
Okalona, IN
Photos and info courtesy Richard Weiss

Okalona! That's not to be confused with the musical Oklahoma! Okalona is so small, the downtown is made up of a bar and these grain silos. Here are the photos of the grain elevators taken in a lonely Midwestern farming town on a cold winter night. 02-10

Culvers Barn
Huntington, IN
Photo and info courtesy Richard Weiss

Here's a photo of a barn located just outside of Huntington, Indiana with a billboard for Culver's (fast food restaurant) across the side. It is the only barn I ever saw painted for a modern business rather than the classic Chew Mailpouch Tobacco or See Ruby Falls on the side. This is actually painted on the wall rather than a vinyl advertisement as we see on most billboards today.

Last Sunday in mid-November when I drove by it was a pile or rubble. I was kind of shocked because as barns go this was not in bad condition, and being off the road, it is not in an area that would be ripe building plazas or chain stores. Could it have been nailed by the winds a few weeks ago? 11-10

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