Editor's note: This story originally appeared in 2018. For 10 days in October during the annual Covered Bridge Festival, the population of Parke County more than triples. Dating back to 1957 ...

Our past journey through Iowa included a visit to Madison County where we explored covered bridges made famous by Robert James Waller’s popular book, “The Bridges of Madison County,” and ...

Our past journey through Iowa included a visit to Madison County, where we explored covered bridges made famous by Robert James Waller’s popular book, “The Bridges of Madison County,” and ...

Between 1820 and 1920 about 500 covered bridges were built in Indiana. ... When a tornado destroyed the Moscow Bridge over Big Flat Rock River in Rush County, it was rebuilt.

This covered bridge loop trail spans six Indiana counties and will take you by nine old bridges. The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival is the largest festival in Indiana. For all things fall, this ...

Spend a classic crisp Indiana fall day at the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival. In 8th grade, my best friend swiped her mom’s copy of The Bridges of Madison County and we read that thing ...

In a past column, I featured several facts about the old covered bridges of Indiana. However, there’s still much more to learn about them and where they are located.

Among the latter are Indiana’s covered bridges. While a number of them have been lost over the years due to floods, adverse weather conditions and, sad to say, arson, we still have 90 left.

Parke County is now the covered bridge capital of the world with 31 historic structures dotting the lush rolling hills of the central Indiana county. Aired 06/19/2025 Problems playing video?

Parke County celebrates its covered bridges in grand style with Indiana's largest festival: the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival. Held annually in October, the 10-day event draws in an ...

Covered bridges and small towns feature prominently in the Willkie Days FIVE in 50 in Rush County, Indiana. (WISH Photo/Drew Blair) ...

Investigators detained a man with an arson conviction Thursday a short time after a fire destroyed a covered bridge. BRIDGETON, Ind. (AP) -- Investigators detained a man with an arson conviction ...