About this Event
From rustic landmarks to Mid-Century Modern, experience a century of architecture at Indiana Dunes National Park (IDNP) on our May 2 Logs to Lustrons tour, including log structures of early settlement days, frame homes from the Victorian period, and mid-century homes of glass, stucco, and metal. Indiana Landmarks and IDNP partner to present the annual tour, which features an inside look at sites not normally open to the public.
On a 3.5-hour guided tour, participants will travel by shuttle while park rangers provide overviews of 11 historic sites, with five landmarks open for interior viewing including the Beverly Shores Depot Museum, where attendees can view a brick-making demonstration and test their building skills in our Lincoln Log contest (open to all ages). Choose your timed entry ticket with tour departure times ranging from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Central Time. Tour groups will stay with the same shuttle and tour guide the entire length of the experience, departing promptly from the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center at your reserved ticket start time.
Before or after your ranger-led bus tour, stop by the park’s Chellberg Farm (open to attendees 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. CDT) for a self-guided tour of its 1885 farmhouse and outbuildings.
Tickets cost $40/general public, $35/Indiana Landmarks member, and are free to children or youth under age 16 with RSVP.
Children can earn a Junior Ranger badge by picking up a workbook, program, and a bag with a sketchbook and pencil at the Visitor Center before starting the tour, participating in hands-on activities offered at select tour sites, and showing the completed workbook to a park ranger by tour’s end.
Note: Entrance fees to Indiana Dunes National Park are waived for ticketholders for the length of the tour. If you decide to recreate in the national park outside of your tour time, the entrance fee will be required.
Logs to Lustrons T-shirts: Commemorative Logs to Lustrons t-shirts are available for pre-order as part of your ticket purchase through April 3. Tourgoers may pick up their orders when checking in for the tour at the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center. Additional t-shirts will be available for purchase on-site, while supplies last.
Want to do more? Stay after your Logs to Lustrons tour for an educational hike through Bailly Homestead with retired National Park Ranger Cliff Goins. Separate registration required.
For lodging recommendations in the area, visit indianadunes.com/places-to-stay.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Indiana Dunes Visitor Center, 1215 N. State Road 49, Porter, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 43.50
