Drive the Lincoln Highway across northern Indiana and you’ll travel through more than a century of American history. The highway threads directly past dozens of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places.. You can wander Goshen’s historic Main Street, stand before the 1870 Marshall County Courthouse, or admire Mishawaka’s stately Beiger House — all just steps from the very pavement of the Lincoln Highway along the 1913 or 1928 routes.  The Lincoln Highway isn’t just a road through northern Indiana; it’s a guided tour through the region’s proudest heritage.

Every mile tells a story. The earliest treasures date to the 1830s and 1840s — stone bridges, frontier churches, and elegant antebellum homes that welcomed travelers long before the automobile arrived. Then came the motoring age the Lincoln Highway itself helped launch, leaving behind the glittering 1920s theaters, bank towers, and roadside landmarks that still define the corridor today: spend a night in a Bed and Breakfast near the historic Benton Tourist Cabins, pass the 1925 Luckey Hospital at Wolf Lake, and cruise past Plymouth’s classic 1937 Hemminger Travel Lodge.

From 1838 to 1937, from county-seat courthouses to auto-age Americana, the Lincoln Highway connects it all in one unforgettable drive. Come experience Indiana’s stretch of the nation’s first transcontinental highway — where every stop is a piece of history worth preserving.

List of National Registry sites along the Lincoln Highway