Time Was offers another glimpse into history. This unusual museum, housed in two old-fashioned apartments above a circa-1899 retail building, provides a unique retrospective regarding a vital, ever-changing city. Focusing on Elkhart's community life, the collection...

The Midwest Museum of American Art is a showcase of the 19th and 20th century American Art, with original paintings by Grandma Moses and Norman Rockwell. Along with the original Norman Rockwell the Midwest Museum houses a large collection of hand signed lithographs...

This Beaux-Arts style mansion was built in 1908. The house is furnished with antiques from that period including some original furnishings. Restored velvet and silk wall coverings as well as painted ceilings are interior features; the wrap-around marble veranda is a...

The National New York Central Railroad Museum is a railroad museum located in Elkhart, Indiana that preserves the history of the New York Central Railroad. The museum includes several outdoor equipment displays, indoor model railroads, relics from the NYC and other...

The town of Wakarusa, as it appeared in 1965, is reproduced in miniature in this museum. The model town, which presently consists of over 165 buidings, is made to scale (1 inch to 5 foot), and has been constructed by DeVon Rose over a period of 35 years. The museum...

In Wakarusa, the town not only has one museum but several as part of a complex. One building houses many displays depicting the history of Wakarusa. Another building is the old depot for the Wabash Railroad. It closed to passenger service in the 1950s then was used...

The museum tells the story of Niles from its colonial start in 1691 to the present. Featured exhibits portray the history of Fort St. Joseph, built by the French in 1691, the story of the Underground Railroad in southern Michigan, and the importance of the railroad...

The RV Founders Hall displays trailers, photos, and memorabilia reaching back to the 1920's and 1930's and is open to the public. The museum presents chronological and technological advancements in the industry from before WW I to the present.

The Garden is located on the St. Joseph River and contains landscape gardens (8 acres), woodland nature preserve (50 acres), an arboretum of trees and shrubs from temperate regions around the world (40 acres, started in 1971), and restored tallgrass prairie (5 acres,...

Escape to Amish Acres in Nappanee, Indiana and share the heritage of these intriguing people in quiet celebration of America’s tolerance for diversity. Time stopped over a century ago and preserves, in the Amish, a way of life adhering to nearly forgotten patterns...