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In downtown Greensburg, the tree growing out of the courthouse has become a regional attraction. PHOTO: Visit Greensburg
Museum fascinates visitors with its rotating cell block that sits on a turntable and spins when a hand crank is turned. The jail opened in 1882 and was one of 18 rotary jails in the country. It’s the only one that still spins! Constructed over ten years on the site of a former handball court on the grounds of the Providence Home (now called the Cathedral Health Care Center) in Jasper is the Geode Grotto. The Grotto was the idea of Father Phillip Ottavi, an Italian immigrant who was inspired by religious grottoes in Europe. The result covers four city blocks in fountains, planters, cave-like openings and gardens. Built by Theodore Gray and
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