The Ruins and Forgotten Places of Southern Indiana (Part 2)

[@Independently_Minded]

I'm a fellow Hoosier who thoroughly appreciates your videos. I've got to tell you that I always get bummed out when your videos come to an end. Please keep 'em coming.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I’m working on a full length movie, it might take a month to get it done, it’s another monster project! But all the filming is done after three months! 🙂

[@darleneweddle2030]

Thank you for all your hard work I am from Evansville, In.​@@AdventureswithRoger

[@gaylereid8264]

@@AdventureswithRoger YOU GO ROGER ❣️❣️

[@Hookiedookie123]

​@@AdventureswithRoger man what a christmas present, cant wait to watch that.

[@thetruthtraveler5600]

Love your videos Roger! Thank you! I’m a Hoosier too😊

[@armyvet8279]

I live in Southern Indiana and I enjoy these videos!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

There’s a few other folks that also do Indiana videos, but I seem to be the one that’s most obsessed. 😂

[@HugoStiglitz1000]

@@AdventureswithRoger love it

[@Sweetpea1128]

I love this video. My great-grandparents are buried in River View Cemetery in Aurora. My Dad was born there. He worked as a teen in the CCC constructing bridges and fences in Indiana, much like the WPA. He worked in the area of Frances Slocum State Forest area. I appreciate the way you showcase Indiana history. Thank you. 😊

[@lorihawk]

I have just found your videos, and I am SO happy that I did!! I'm in Indiana...in Edinburgh, but I grew up in Columbus. It IS time for a road trip!! I must explore! Thank you so much for these wonderful videos!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

@@lorihawk My pleasure, Lori! Lots of good places to explore! 🙂

[@teresaellis7088]

What a beautiful time of year n southern Indiana.Who doesn’t love the corn not yet harvested?Many famous buildings in DC are built with Indiana limestone.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I’m thinking about doing a video at some point, focusing on things people don’t know about Indiana. As you mentioned, a great number of DC buildings are made with Indiana limestone!

[@teresaellis7088]

@@AdventureswithRoger That would be a good one.

[@martinkemple]

Whetstone too.

[@roberthill799]

Manhattan and Chicago as well.

[@BarryAdams777]

I love this channel!!! Especially any time you mention Madison or ancient caves or mysteries!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I’m rolling up my last tourism videos of the summer, to focus on mysteries and legends. All fun segments to do!

[@h.bsfaithfulservant4136]

Thanks for another awesome video Roger 👏. Surely you are never wrong 🤔...I hope Mrs T isn't reading 🤫😇😁

[@AdventureswithRoger]

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[@h.bsfaithfulservant4136]

@@AdventureswithRoger 👍

[@martinkemple]

Love your vids Roger. My family has been in Indiana for over 215 years. Primarily Orange county but also Clark, Washi gton, Crawford, Harrison and Martin counties. Yes please keep em comin. It helps ne remember the ancestors.

[@fredflintstone6163]

5:01 my family been in Crawford county for about eight generations some scattered but still come back

[@dalezink7085]

Rodger, I am a Hoosier that has moved and I love watching your content. I am 57 and you bring be back to when I was 17 driving the same paths and asking questions like you. Thank you !

[@AdventureswithRoger]

My pleasure, Dale! Just when I think I’ve found every interesting corner of the state, I find more places to explore. I credit my viewers for their many helpful location and story suggestions, that continue to inspire and send me to the next adventure! 🙂

[@brian6414]

Really cool work. Have you ever checked out the little cedar church outside of brookville? Built in 1812 and open inside and out to self tour. My family and i checked it out after camping this past weekend. Its pretty cool.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I’ve been hoping to get over to Brookville, and I keep getting delayed. Maybe it’ll give me an excuse. 🙂

[@RafaelDiaz-s2k]

I came toUSA as a 15 yr old kid an went to live in Borden ind in 1975 went to high school in Borden an near the high school was the ruins of the 1900 old high school and found old books an pennies from the 30 an 40 s a lot of old treasures there never forgotten 😊

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I only have one picture of the old Borden Institute, that was made into a high school. I do have the story of the Borden Museum, which is a very cool story of an awesomely intelligent man. The Borden Museum Mystery (Borden, Indiana) kzbin.info/www/bejne/moi9k2WnhM6UfJY

[@judithgalloway2238]

I absolutely love love love this chanel❤

[@OldMenGotGame]

Been subscribed for a while, from Jeffersonville, IN. Love your channel, Roger. Always enjoy your content!!! Keep it up!

[@armyvet8279]

I live in Clarksville! Howdy neighbor 😁

[@OldMenGotGame]

@@armyvet8279 hey neighbor!!!

[@skinwalker9083]

Thank you, Roger! It certainly is time for a road trip. I greatly appreciate all of your effort in these videos. - colby

[@kuzz7919]

I loved your opening and I too am 10yr trapped in a old man's body ! As a fellow Hoosier thank you for doing these videos.

[@SnakePliskin-pv7hf]

I worked at a rock yard for a while but never knew that there was a process for making lime, I guess I thought it was just the dust by product of cutting limestone, thanks Roger

[@AdventureswithRoger]

@@SnakePliskin-pv7hf I think that the high heat purifies the limestone, to make it a better binding agent.

[@fredross3089]

AWSOME video. You make me want to jump into my car and go to southern Indiana for a summer or two. I lived in West Lafayette for awhile. I really loved Indiana!!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

@@fredross3089 Like I tell everyone: put a date on the calendar and go! 🙂

[@AhJodie]

I wasn't going to watch the whole thing, then I started, pretty soon the video was over, and I felt sad! This is very interesting to me. I live in Wisconsin and a lot of buildings look the same. The roofs are very impressive on many of those old building. The springs really impressed me. Thank you for making this and sharing it, I subscribed too! Keep enjoying yourself!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Welcome to the adventure! I visited the Upper Wisconsin Dells, earlier this year: a trip I’d wanted to make for over 40 years. It was just as great as I’d imagined.🙂

[@chrissherrow6021]

I've lived in (Linton) southern indiana all my life, there are some really neat things to see, if you can find them out in the middle of nowhere here.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Have been all over that area near Linton. And it’s always a good excuse to eat at the Gasthof!

[@es47112]

I never knew what I was so close to thanks for taking the time to show us how cool it is as always you do great work👍

[@JeffEriks]

I just found your videos. Im from northern indiana but spent many summers in southern Indiana with my cousins. I would love to move back but can't convince my wife. Keep the videos coming.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Southern Indiana is truly a wonderland! What I thought would take three months, has taken over seven years to document, and I’m not through! 🙂

[@jezza6575]

Perfect timing Roger…not a thing to watch on TV👍

[@libbyvalley]

Roger, You always deliver the most excellent videos. I too love a sketchy adventure! ✨🏆💚😁 You tell a good story with humor too. Much appreciation & gratitude.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank-you, Libby!

[@AdamosDad]

Thank Roger for another great episode of southern Indiana history. I live in Decatur County now, but Ripley County is home, but as you know, anywhere in southern Indiana is welcoming. See you on the next Adventure.

[@brianj5261]

I moved to Decatur from NC when I was 18 and I have loved being here. Not only is the land so beautiful but the people are great too. I live in Ripley now

[@AdamosDad]

@@brianj5261 We moved to Milan when I was 7, from Cincinnati. It was the year they won the State Championship, after 2 tours in Southeast Asia, I moved back to Sunman, Osgood then to Batesville and now to Greensburg, so I'm pretty sure we must have cross paths somewhere, good to hear from a fellow Hosier from this area.

[@brianj5261]

@@AdamosDad we might have and btw thank you for your service

[@AdamosDad]

@@brianj5261 It was my duty and I'm proud to have served. I, live about two blocks from Decatur County Hospital, Milan is home, but this is nice as well.

[@brianj5261]

@@AdamosDad ok my in laws live there on Lincoln St.. about 2 blocks towards what was circle k.

[@indianamichelle7216]

Love this trip Roger! So much character in the remnants of these small towns. I didn’t realize that building in Milltown used to be a Greyhound bus station! Hard to imagine it being a busy bustling place, but I sure wish things were still like this. Thanks for the time traveling! Think I was born in the wrong century. Looking forward to your next adventure! Safe travels, Michelle

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Great trips on a sunny day! One of my relatives lived at Milltown for decades after WW2.

[@pamelarust3487]

As always a great ride home to my native land. Thank you Roger. I remember stopping at a roadside cave when I was about 12. There was no car air conditioning back then and it was a welcome respite of cool air. It was also my first, but not last, cave adventure. You never fail to take me home.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Always a pleasure!

[@leospring6264]

Roger your channel is the best! I love history, road trips and small town America. I look forward to your next adventure! Thank you for taking us along!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

My pleasure, Leo! Good to see you back!

[@StirlingLighthouse]

Thoroughly enjoyable! Thank you 🙏

[@SlonesWildernessExpeditions]

Another great video, Roger! So many of these places, we just drive right by without considering the history behind them. Thanks for bringing them to light!

[@johnking975]

Your videos are a welcome aside to this insane world we are currently being forced to swim through… I could watch them all day long! Thank you man, as a Kentucky boy you have me wanting to make videos about Kentucky 🤔

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Do it! Kentucky has a wealth of great sites. I have a small catalog of places I’ve visited in Kentucky. I haven’t decided how I’ll use the footage just yet, but a person could spend the rest of their life in Kentucky, documenting all the great places!

[@rachelvonwurfel]

100% agree about Milltown. Absolutely beautiful, walkable, and close to so many outdoor destinations and natural attractions.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Extremely peaceful, calming place, close to everywhere I want to go!

[@travispeters5826]

Excellent as always Roger!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank you, Travis!

[@davekintz]

Great video! When I last crossed the Wabash Cannonball Bridge (May) it appeared that they were building a second bridge alongside. A shame, no more taking turns to cross...

[@AdventureswithRoger]

@@davekintz Exactly why I made a trip to Vincennes: I heard they were getting rid of the historic bridge! This and the one at Alton Indiana are two of the sketchiest bridges in southern Indiana. I think both are pretty safe though.

[@callahan1967]

We had a conversation about the short building last week while we were sightseeing in that area. We also saw the college . This video inspires us to get back out there and explore. Thanks again for another great video.😊

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Always a pleasure to share these great places and inspire adventures!

[@chamblen4]

I always enjoy your videos

[@grewdan58]

This was so very interesting. I know need to watch Part 1. Congrats on a great effort!

[@stevenparker2478]

Really enjoy your videos! Thankyou!

[@applewagon253]

Love your videos! Thanks for your work!

[@williamrickettsii7453]

Being raised around evansville indiana this was a really done video. Great insight too. You have to do a video in posey county, the most southern county in indiana. Cahokia mounds and hovey lake. Great indian artifact sights!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Have did several Posey County videos over the years: the town of Mount Vernon, Lake Hovey, Twin Swamps, the locks / dam at night. Really enjoyed all the seclusion. And free restrooms at the dam! 🙂

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Was over at Cahokia a month ago. It still amazes me for St. Louis in Collinsville, Illinois to be such hotbeds of mound builder activity, you can’t find any artifacts in any of the museums. They even closed the Cahokia visitor center. The history and art museums at St. Louis have absolutely nothing about the mound builders. Very very odd!

[@Cjohn31]

At 11:13 there is some of those exact style buildings left in Indianapolis

[@MichaelJoycie2016]

Poseyville, Indiana here. Great video 👋

[@StacyL.]

I just completed watching your newest post and what a marvelous job you doing these documentaries of Indiana! I'm not even a Hoosier, I'm an Oklahoman and I absolutely love them! I travel through Indiana usually 2-3 times a year going back and forth on my route to Pennsylvania, And every time I do I wonder where Mr. Roger is on the Indiana roads! I do find that the old buildings now that are given up to be mere storage units quite sad... I can just imagine all the little minds That were shaped in that one room schoolhouse, and the caring teacher that made sure that they had what they needed to successfully weave through life. Thanks again for sharing your passion for these historic sites! I have friends coming in from Russia next year, and they Love adventure and ancient sites. This may be one of the states we tour. If so, we will give you a shoutout on his KZbin channel which has about 372k followers.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Lots to see in Indiana for sure! I have seen more prehistoric places this year, than in my entire lifetime! I really had no idea that Indiana had so much. There’s just something about hidden places and hidden histories that stirs up our curiosity. In my case, I keep recording locations for the next adventure.

[@mattstuckwisch5791]

Thanks Roger! Love seeing anything from southern Indiana! Especially Jackson county!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

My pleasure, Matt!

[@brianarbenz1329]

Wonderful look at many places familiar to me. I probably have relatives buried in that Hardinsburg cemetery. Milltown is one of the most interestingly laid out towns. As frequently as the 1980s, they still had a full sized car dealership, and yet the place appeared to be in the woods. Oddest scene. Also, Milltown had a laundromat that the promotional people at Maytag circa 1980 found had the longest used Maytag washers anywhere in the U.S. Anxious to find a real life example that could validate their theme of keeping the Maytag repairman lonely, they filmed a national TV ad in the Milltown laundromat. Well, thanks for a fine video!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I didn’t know about the Maytag commercial, that’s pretty cool!

[@pigoff123]

Products were made to last in the past. In the 50s we decided it was better to throw Products away instead of repairing them. It became cheaper to buy new than to repair items.😊 I am still using a 1980s washer and dryer. Love them. My brothers have repaired them a few times using KZbin or asking at the local parts store.

[@danmartin5504]

Great job as always.

[@Mike_Greentea]

Awesome 👍

[@NavyModerator]

As always you've added destinations to my list of must sees.

[@Christina-ge3xr]

I miss those old gas service stations. Loved having my oil checked and my windshield cleaned, especially when the weather was cold! Thanks for the lovely tour, Roger.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I lived at the very end of that era, when they were only doing fill-ups and selling cigarettes at the pumps. As a kid, I was incredibly impressed by their belt changers, that dispensed coins, so much so that mom bought me a toy version!

[@colleenhahn1733]

I just so appreciate your videos, and this one was absolutely as fantastic sd sll yout others. Thank-you, AwR!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thank you, Colleen!

[@bartgarrett7710]

The Eleutherian College is about a half mile away from the house i told you about , around 6-8 months ago ? It was my babysitters house and if you went to the basement , there was a door that is a cave entrance . It goes under the creek behind it and opens up , up on the hillside . You can see the cave mouth in the winter , after the leaves drop . I love when you cover places i've actually been ! Born and raised in the Hanover/Madison area ❤

[@AdventureswithRoger]

@@bartgarrett7710 if I could ever get permission to see that tunnel, that would be a fun segment

[@whitneykovener]

Once again Roger, thank you!

[@harryweinberg2766]

❤ thank you again. Good clarity of pimages..

[@Slightly_Sadistic]

I was really caught off guard when I saw that first house on your list as I had driven by it hundreds of times and even have photos of it myself as it always looked interesting!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I had made several trips to northern Indiana, and passed it twice. The second time, I said to myself, “What’s the chances you’ll be back this way again?” I flipped the car around and got some decent footage. After I published, a few viewers told me that a Dr is trying to restore it. I think that would be very cool!

[@Slightly_Sadistic]

@AdventureswithRoger I used to live about five miles from there! I always thought it looked like a really interesting place when I'd drive by. I think I even made a Facebook post once jokingly saying that looked like the type of place that would be haunted. Totally blew my mind seeing it in the video!! :)

[@AdventureswithRoger]

@@Slightly_Sadistic Take it from me: if it’s over 100 years old, it’s probably haunted! One year, I decided to go the length of the Ohio River, where it starts at Lawrenceburg, and ends at Mount Vernon. Wherever people would let me, I filmed inside and out of historic places along the way. 100% of them had haunted stories. I didn’t even ask about it, people would volunteer the information, and tell me about stuff. The mansion at Vevay, that’s now owned by Kat Von D: my camera tried to focus on something that was not there. In and out of focus like crazy. It had never done that before or after that mansion. “This room is where most of the activity happens,” said the caretaker. 😟 I’m not big into paranormal stuff, but had so many stories that I finally published a video about it. Lesson learned: buy a brand new home on land that’s never been lived on. 😂

[@rosmundsen]

Very good video. Thank You Sir.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

You are welcome!

[@lukegraves5178]

Love the new video! I love seeing the history of an area I now call home. You wouldn’t happen to have a video about the history of Hindostan would you?

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I did a story about Old Palestine (the town before Bedford), and compared its demise to that of Hindostan. I used the falls and graveyard in several segments as well. Just like Old Palestine, Hindostan used to have a giant burial mound at the high place along the river, before the camp. Both populations encountered a horrible disease after digging up the mounds. Some think it was simply malaria, and a coincidence. Others think that those buried in the mound had yellow fever or typhoid, and digging them up, resurrected the dormant bugs. It’s never been proven, one way or the other. The settlers of both towns considered it, “an Indian curse”. The Lost City of Palestine (Palestine, Indiana / Lawrence County) kzbin.info/www/bejne/ip-1maympZiqjtk

[@lukegraves5178]

@@AdventureswithRoger thanks for the link, it’s next on my watch list!

[@brad6054]

It's always a pleasure

[@meandthemrs7403]

Roger, you're not going to know what to do with yourself when you realize that you have actually seen everything in Indiana worth seeing. Your channel is just as good as Across Indiana was.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

That is very high praise! When I lived on the south side of Indy, that was one of my favorite shows. I know it inspired me to see different places on the map! When I moved to Southern Indiana, living just across the river from Kentucky, I also enjoyed “Kentucky Life”, with Dave Shuffet. He got access to all kinds of crazy places. What I’ve found over time: The answer is always “no”, if you never ask! Right now, I’ve got enough footage for 20 or so new, Indiana segments. But just when I think I’ve scraped the bottom of the barrel, somebody will tell me about another place! I’ve filmed in Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, Wisconsin and Florida this year. It’s always good to have a back up plan! 🙂

[@CattywampusOverland]

Another great video! Love Milltown, the Blue River and Maxines market. I am definitely going to check out Lafayettes spring! And Rockport? Why, you were almost in my neighborhood. 😎

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I’m starting to feel like a Johnny Cash song, “I’ve Been Everywhere”. 🙂 But just when I think that, I find another spot.

[@RetiredLovingIt]

Love that stone building in Palmyra! So cool! We have never seen that

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Really wish I knew it’s history. It’s might be a spring house, but the rough stonework makes me wonder how old it really is. Maybe somebody online knows and will let me know! 🙂

[@chrishomko5182]

Roger, what were the tall metal pieces for on the cannonball bridge? Was it for a power line to go across the river? Some of the span does not have them I noticed. An episode request: Can you do an episode on the towns of Indian Springs and Trinity Springs please? I am very interested in the railroad spur that went south from Indian Springs into Trinity Springs. I cannot seem to find any information about it, but it can clearly be seen on topo maps. Thanks!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Looks like electrical conduit pipe. That bridge is so long that they really should have a signal on each end to tell when you can go, it’s a one-way. I’ve done a few segments on Trinity Springs, but not about the railroads thereof. I’ve started work on an Indiana Railroad segment, but I’m running out of time to get all my locations filmed. Many places across Southern Indiana have totally ripped-up all the rail lines, even if maps say they are there. Over at Salem, they’re planning to do a Monon walking trail, where the rail lines once were. Borden used to be a very heavy railway area, but there’s no trace of 100 years of railway service, as of last year.

[@hoosiertrailrider]

Funny I just crossed the bridge yesterday. You were not far from other treasures unseen. The old locks for boat passage. Still intact with cypress timber piling's under the structure, visible at this current low water level. This is also the route of Clarks advance to capture the Fort at Vincennes.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

@@hoosiertrailrider have you ever heard of the tunnel underneath Grouseland? It might just be an urban legend, but I’ve heard it more than twice.

[@hoosiertrailrider]

Have not. But I wouldn’t be surprised, after all it was Henry Harrison's residence. There is an incredible basement to the GRC Memorial. Also an incredible records stash from the 1700’s at the Old Cathedral Church.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

@@hoosiertrailrider a few trips back I asked the Rangers what happened to the 13 foot stalactite, that grew in the basement. They said they still have pieces of it, but didn’t offer to show me.

[@hoosiertrailrider]

You need to talk to Richard Day at the Library. He can get you access. He’s our local Historian.

[@ryanlynch2259]

I love your videos! Makes me want to get out of Rhode Island a little bit.. 😆. Cheers 🍻 buddy

[@chaptermasterosiris7936]

One small correction about the Wabash Cannonball Bridge: the bridge belongs to the small town of Saint Francisville Illinois. Though we ask that no one stop or walk on the bridge for safety and traffic reasons, if you have a boat that you can take under the bridge you can find massive gears from where the bridge used to move to allow river boats to pass. There’s also the legend of the purple head which I won’t get into here, but feel free to ask a local about it if you ever come to visit!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Heard about the purple head before I visited. Didn’t stick around until night. 😄

[@richardbritton5280]

cool road trip ty Roger

[@kickapootrackers2617]

Thanks 🤝☕

[@edwardh1591]

Interesting video Roger.😊

[@brindahoward4527]

Thanks for sharing. It is getting too crowded here in central Indiana. These (used to be) small towns are getting way too big. I think they are trying to outdo each other

[@AdventureswithRoger]

It’s kind of a Catch-22 really. People leave the big cities for nice little towns. Others hear about these great places and then scores move there, making it just as big as the towns they left.

[@davidkurvach3993]

The Helm home is in the loving care of a dedicated individual whom has plans for restoration.

[@greghavers821]

nice!! thanks for this Roger!!

[@douglassellers7528]

I like it. And people tell me there isn't anything in Indiana.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Tons

[@angelmartin7310]

I hope they keep thinking that 🫤

[@traceputtz]

If you are ever in central Indiana please do a video on Westfield! The historic district has some great gems as historical figure Asa Bales who played a large part in the Underground Railroad has a large importance here

[@AdventureswithRoger]

@@traceputtz Slowly pulling together segments about central Indiana. Greenwood’s actually my hometown, and I briefly worked at Westfield.

[@CaseyWinningham]

Another great one Roger!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thanks, Casey!

[@raymondtonns2521]

thanks for another good one Roger. when you visit springs and rock shelters be on the lookout for the rock carvings known as Ogam it was used by ancient Celts and Vikings . main stream archaeologists in the US not being linguists for the most part are still in total denial about this . yet Ogam has been found many places.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

@raymondtonns2521 In all of southern Indiana, I only know of two petroglyphs. The authenticity of either one cannot be confirmed, however. It would be an incredible experience to find one, that could be confirmed with artifacts.

[@hoboonwheels9289]

Consolidated schools were government schools, small local schools were started by communities. Were the buses made for the schools or the schools made a need for the buses? 1955 or so is often as closure date. As a Canadian I've been in most states including Hawaii, but not Alaska, Florida or Indiana or Oregon, yet.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I’m still not finished with the chicken and the egg problem. 😂

[@garrettwalls199]

I absolutely love this channel!! Been living in Southern Indiana for 20+ years now. I love to travel and check out new places just like yourself but I was wondering how do you find all these places?? Are you searching the web or just taking road trips and coming across all these places? Keep up the good work sir I truly appreciate your videos and hard work

[@AdventureswithRoger]

@@garrettwalls199 It’s a combination of many sources. My parents were big on road trips across Indiana, and I saw tons of places as a kid. Indiana travel became part of my DNA. After I got a drivers license, I started visiting every red box point of interest on the map. People at work would ask me about places to take their families on the weekends, as they knew I was always going somewhere. At first, I gave them lists of places to go, but decided it would be easier to make a short video, and show them what places were like. I thought that would take about three months, I’m still documenting things after seven years! I’ll have the basic idea for a movie, and do extensive online research to find places before I leave home. I still find unexpected things on planned trips, and that adds to the adventure! It’s awesome when I run into somebody on these trips, start some small talk, and they tell me about even more places. Now, with over 61,000 subscribers, people send me ideas every day: it’s a gift that keeps on giving! 🙂

[@Arrsiix]

Roger Gang! 🤘

[@seekerofthetruth9805]

Thank you for doing all the homework now if I want to go hiking or a Adventure I just see where you been And you have showed me some things that I didn't know existed in Indiana of my60+ yrs...Thank u. Speed query has a bizarre history .

[@Firekeeper61]

Great presentation, sir much appreciated YOUR Oldfirekeeper Great Smokey Mountains N.C

[@crisspatterson7392]

The Helm house in Rush Co. is currently being restored by a history professor from Ball State University.

[@GregLewisdually]

Awesome bridge! Looks like a bridge i drove across in the 1980s before the Cimarron river flooded and took it away 😢.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I was talking to a relative the other day. They said they used to live in Illinois, just across that bridge and used it all the time. They added that the center section used to pivot to allow boats through!

[@daveoelke857]

You’re good! Glad I found and subscribed to your channel. Thanks!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Welcome to the adventure, Dave!

[@MarvsFixitShop]

Another great video

[@ohnoohyeah3205]

Hey neighbor, Michigander here. Great vid, I gotta get down there and check it out. Enjoy the day

[@derekandjo75]

Greetings from the ozark mountains! Arkansas side!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Hoosier hello!

[@michaelgarrity6090]

Another great video about points of interest in Southern Indiana. I wished that someone would do for Ohio, what you do for Indiana. I love to look for old forgotten and abandoned locations, buildings, etc.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Halfway through editing a segment about Ohio. It’s part of a 5 state adventure

[@mares3841]

✨Thank you☀️

[@rileyphillip]

I absolutely love madison. When you’re done site seeing, shopping the local antique shops, or hiking the falls at Clift Falls state park, hit up the Red Pepperoni in Madison. They are the best small town pizza place in southern Indiana. Make a stop by Buy Sell Trade before you leave town. Great stuff!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I’ve passed the Red Pepperoni numerous times, have never stopped: it’s on my list now!

[@bangkapihappy8295]

So refreshing to see a video about an area without someone trying to sell a $400,000 house😂. I wish more people did videos about places they love

[@maryjobe1108]

My great uncle had a barbershop in Rushville!

[@Maelang2404]

Did you borrow your speaking style from Marty Stouffer? I like it. Thanks for the road trip.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

You’ll never guess where I picked it up: Matthew Perry’s stepdad, Keith Morrison. Though I used to watch a lot of Marty Stouffer as a kid.

[@pennypincher5516]

The milltown hill, about 30+ years ago, we went into those caverns and found a concrete block wall. From what I learned that a company used it to store natural gas.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

My cousin told me there’s a ton of caves in that area, several were in her backyard when she lived there.

[@phillipmarlowe0525]

Wow. I would love to visit that bridge in the opening segment. Looks like old railroad tracks were there.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I hear it’s an old train bridge that was converted to an auto bridge. For sure, it’s super long wooden bridge!

[@phillipmarlowe0525]

May I ask the location?

[@AdventureswithRoger]

38.60600° N, 87.62390° W

[@phillipmarlowe0525]

@@AdventureswithRoger Thanks. Hmmmm google earth not showing it. Can’t find it.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

@@phillipmarlowe0525 it’s just east of that coordinate

[@cilverc3454]

Great Video. Got a video idea for ya. Since iu football is doing so well. Doing a history video of the university and showing some the old architecture around campus. Love learning history form my home state. Thanks again

[@raschau]

Evansville here, had no idea about the rock shelter or Milltown. Did you get a look at the museum in Rockport? They have a 1599 Geneva Bible (the version brought aboard the Mayflower) and some neat quilts dating from the Revolutionary War.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I did a story about Rockport, a few years ago. Super nice people at the museum! I really enjoyed the whole experience of the museum, village and waterfront. Rockport, Indiana kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGLOaaCnmKqigM0

[@justinreel-t8g]

Just took my son down that bridge! He’s 13 and thought it was so cool

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Danger is nearly always fun! 😂

[@jeffbrown3963]

Where is this cool bridge?

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Vincennes, Indiana 38.60541° N, 87.62600° W

[@Ocboy420]

Cool videos man super interesting. I’ve lived in Northern IN for 30 years. You by chance got any videos on the town of Osceola or like Baugo creek or anything from up this way?

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I filmed quite a bit of the northern Indiana this summer, even a story about the unusual museums, but not those two places.

[@Bizarreparade]

Yes!

[@russellhawn3499]

The old Mom and Pop gas stations had a mechanic to work on your car. Good luck with that now at most modern gas stations. Need air in your tire or water for your radiator? Its gonna cost you if they have it and if it works.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Full service meant that you were treated like a king or queen, even if you didn’t have the money to be one. We really have lost something.

[@russellhawn3499]

@@AdventureswithRoger The people taking care of you might be the owner, related to the owner, or they know the owner first hand.

[@DrMurdercock]

0:20 aren't we all brother...

[@hopeherefords8122]

Thanks Roger