The official travel journal of Jerry & Ann Linebarger
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Many of the houses featured lattices for grapevines. These provided fruit and cooling for the home.
The cooperage, where barrels and wooden buckets were made.
The grounds around every home were immaculate.
The gutters, in olden times, funneled rainwater into cisterns.
The granary for the colonies.
Amana Community Church at Homestead, Iowa.
The flowers everywhere were absolutely beautiful!
The Barn Museum in the Amana Colonies.
The cemetery in High Amana. Notice how all headstones are alike. Simplicity was a core value of the Amana Society.
