The One Indiana City With A Positively Magical Secret
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Courtney Johnston
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Whether you’re looking for quirky small towns or slightly off beat cities, you’re bound to find a place you love in Indiana. While there are tons of enchanting sights to behold throughout the Hoosier state, there’s one place to visit with a magical secret you won’t be expecting. Find out what’s hiding in this Indiana city…
Richmond, Indiana is located in Wayne County, on the eastern side of the state. It's home to over 36,000 Hoosiers, yet still manages to have a very small town feel, especially around their downtown area. It's home to many different types of residents, even unexpected ones...
That's right, if you search around Richmond, you're likely to run into tiny fairy doors at many local and major businesses around town. These magical doors are easily hidden in their natural landscape, but have been delighting visitors and residents for a few years now.
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So what exactly is a fairy door? Well, it's exactly what you think - a tiny, pint sized door perfectly shaped for magical flying creatures to enter. These fairy doors sprung up around Wayne County as part of the Fairy Trail Attraction.
These delightful miniature doors often allow visitors to leave notes for fairies, peep into fairy dwellings, and much more.
You'll find them not only throughout Richmond, but the rest of the county as well. This door, for instance, can be found at the Olde North Chapel in Richmond.
In fact, many of these enchanting doors mirror the doors or themes of their businesses, like the one above for Little Sheba's Restaurant.
You'll find this fairy door at the Jospeh Moore Museum of Natural History in Richmond.
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Come explore all of the magic and excitement of the fairy doors in RIchmond and Wayne County. To hunt for them all, pick up a Fairy Trail Map at the Welcome Center in town at 5701 National Road East, Richmond.
Did you know this magical secret was hiding in Indiana? For more amazing places to explore in Indiana, check out this bucket list of ideas.
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