Story

Indiana's best-preserved ghost town - arts colony revival

State: Indiana County: Brown County Founded: 1851

Story was a logging and apple-growing community until the timber ran out. By 1930, only a few families remained. Now it's an 'arts revival' ghost town—the Story Inn (1851 general store) offers lodging and dining, surrounded by preserved 19th-century buildings. Population: 6.

Quick Facts

  • Population: 6
  • Story Inn is acclaimed restaurant in 1851 general store
  • Arts colony revival saved the town
  • Near Nashville (Indiana's arts capital)

Location

Address: Brown County, Indiana

Coordinates: 39.0706, -86.2053