Story Inn

Story Inn occupies the entire village of Story, Indiana — a community founded in 1851 that largely emptied out during the Great Depression and was later brought back to life as a combined restaurant, tavern, and bed-and-breakfast. The old general store is the heart of it: upstairs is the dining room, and below it sits the Still Tavern, a cellar bar with local craft beer and wine. Rooms and cottages scattered across the original village buildings are decorated with period furniture and antiques; the inn deliberately skips televisions, radios, and in-room phones, which suits riders looking to genuinely unplug after a day on SR-135.

The kitchen sources locally — produce, pork, elk, bison, and Angus beef from Indiana farms and the inn's own on-site garden — and the menu shifts with the seasons around that Hoosier-grown material. The place sits right on State Road 135 in southern Indiana's Brown County hills, with Brown County State Park adjacent, so the riding that brings you here is the same road that drops you at the front door. Call ahead or check the website for current hours and reservation availability before making it the anchor of a day's route.