Indiana: Arts Road 46
This 40-mile drive takes you through some of the prettiest towns and scenery in Indiana.
Bean Blossom Bridge.
Brown County State Park.
Just 40 miles on State-46 separate Bloomington (great food), Nashville (quaint crafts shops) and Columbus (fascinating architecture), but they’re some of the prettiest in Indiana. The drive passes harvest-gold farmland and thickly wooded Brown County State Park; allow at least a day per town.
Bonus route The portion of the highway described above (dubbed Arts Road 46) is a tourism magnet for good reason, but we also enjoyed the less-traveled stretch of State-46 east of Columbus. Old German farms dot the hills, and picturesque churches host fried-chicken fund-raisers nearly every weekend.
From Midwest Living
Columbus, Indiana, trip guide [2]
Girlfriend Getaway to Brown County [3]
For maps and trip planning
Arts Road 46 [4]