Rockville
Covered Bridge Central
Parke County, which calls itself the “Covered Bridge Capital of the World”, is a quiet, gentle place. An elaborate gabled 1879 courthouse sits in the middle of the town square in historic Rockville, the county seat.
Nearby is the old stick style Vandalia Railroad Depot, built in 1886, now a visitor's center and starting area for five driving tours. These tours, each designated with a color, take one through small, almost forgotten towns, past old gristmills and across the 32 wooden bridges that still exist here.
Spending the night?
The Italianate style former jail is now the Old Jail Inn with nine themed rooms including one dedicated to the famed Hoosier outlaw John Dillinger. Or check in to the Bubblegum Inn Bed and Breakfast, a 1909 manse located at the edge of Rockville's historic district.