Logs to Lustrons Tour 2024

From rustic landmarks to Mid-Century Modern, experience a century of architecture at Indiana Dunes National Park (IDNP) on our May 4 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 13 historic sites, stopping at six landmarks open for interior viewing. Choose your timed entry ticket with tour departure times ranging from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.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 National Park Visitor Center at your reserved ticket start time.

Tickets cost $30/general public, $25/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 National Park Visitor Center. Additional t-shirts will be available for purchase on-site, while supplies last.

Want to do more? Join Indiana Landmarks on Friday, May 3, the evening before the Logs to Lustrons tour, for a “Trails to Rails” talk at Indiana Dunes National Park Visitor Center highlighting historic and contemporary pathways of Indiana’s Calumet Region. Guest speakers will trace the centuries-old routes used by native inhabitants, freedom seekers, and rail lines, exploring their impact over time. Separate registration required.

For lodging recommendations in the area, visit indianadunes.com/places-to-stay.

Refund requests must be received at least seven days in advance of the tour date.