When I was home in July, my mom and I took a trip to Columbus, Indiana, about an hour and 1/2 north of Louisville on the way to Brown County. It's an adorable little town that is known for it's world renowned modern architecture. Yet it also has wonderful historical buildings. We took a bus tour of the town, and ended up at Zaharakos' for lunch. It's an old-fashion soda fountain and candy store that serves wonderful lunch too. The fountains are made of onyx and granite stone; just beautifully ornate and gorgeous. They can mix any kind of flavor you want! They had these self-playing organs that played old fashioned songs randomly and they had a small museum of soda fountains and displays of what the old time candy stores looked like. We had the most delicious real root beer sodas and ice cream for dessert!
The end of the bus tour stops at the Visitor's Center where you can see a gorgeous Chihuly sculpture that is 9 feet high. Very few places in the world own a Chihuly, even Phoenix doesn't, so that's why it's so unusual to have not just one, but two in this small town of 50,000 people. The town is #7 in the country for modern architecture thanks to Cummins Diesel, whose founder set up a trust for the city long ago to donate all the architectural fees for any public buildings that are built. That's how Columbus ended up with so many famous buildings being designed by classic architects. It's a diamond in the middle of no-where Indiana!
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