Editor’s note: Free Press Indiana chose not to publicly identify the full names of the teens interviewed and photographed out of sensitivity for their safety and privacy.
The drive from downtown Indianapolis to Sheridan, Indiana, takes anywhere from 40 minutes to an hour depending on the time of day and flow of traffic, but skipping the highway is always a good choice. Though it’s the longer path, and a little more frustrating, the benefit is what’s seen along the way.
Watching the transition from urban to rural landscapes can be like watching an angry person calm down. The multi-lane roadways narrow to two, and the cornfields, blanketed in fog, close in on either side. Empty farmhouses, abandoned grain silos, and tractors operated by people unseen are not frightening or off-putting the way they appear in films…