Century of Progress: Haunted Houses in the Midwest - Gardenista
A haunted house sighting, from a trusted source: My closing on a getaway cottage in one of my favorite places, the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, has coincided with my favorite seasons, autumn and Halloween. 610, oops, now 611), a lakeside hamlet immersed in dense woods and famous as the home of a collection of 1933 Chicago World’s Fair “Century of Progress” homes. A 1949 Jacob Lustron house built years after the Chicago World’s Fair. But not even the luminous grasses and the Technicolor leaves of the Dunes can cover up the mystery here: Why did the national... ...park not preserve what must have once been a midcentury gem, just steps from one of the quietest stretches of Lake Michigan beach? I have a bog for a neighbor. On the plus side: no one can build on this area, or obstruct my views to the south. In the middle of the woods I come upon a decrepit circus wagon, waiting for Hansel and Gretel to approach. Having been raised among the farmlands of nearby La Porte, Indiana, I grew up fascinated by milkweed. A shack for skinning squirrels, or worse? Is this the former romper room of a little Rachel or Reginald? The back of the lonely circus wagon.