Oh, Morocco, Indiana.  Small and obviously struggling like so many other small towns across the state.  Parts of you are so sad…yet visually very interesting. Agreed?

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A faded sign boasting the birthplace of Major Leaguer Sam Rice welcomes you to teeny tiny Morocco, Indiana, the oldest town in Newton County.

Morocco is very quiet, which is understandable – the population is barely over 1100 (as of the 2000 census).  Sadly, the small downtown had more boarded up buildings than I like to see, interesting buildings though they may be.  Check out the tiny details on the buildings, like the scroll-work that jazzes up the edges of some buildings.  Very nice.

There wasn’t too much going on in the tidy downtown, but the surrounding neighborhood surprised hubs and I with gorgeous Victorian after gorgeous Victorian.  Sure, some of them could use a little TLC, but OH the potential! Anyone else redo homes in their heads?

Really, there wasn’t much to do downtown, nothing open on a Sunday at all.  To do anything, you would have to branch out from the downtown, heading back to the highway area.

Close to the highway, we saw a couple of restaurants, a lounge (which is different from a bar, exactly how?), and a pizza place or two.  That was about it.

Heading out, we did come across a funky sign boldly proclaiming: Treasures Too. Even from the road I could see that the windows were crammed with stuff!

Look past the sagging carport and U-Haul ads (they apparently rent them there) and instead take in the beaded lamps, glassware, spooky dolls*  and, if you like the Children’s Little Golden Books, they had four whole shelves full of ‘em in fantastic condition!

If hubs hadn’t of been along I would have bought a cute, CUTE set of sundae glasses…but he was.  It’s true: I have a “thing” for glasses, wine, sundae, or otherwise.  Technically, I don’t have room but…they had polka dots!

Okay, back to Morocco!  I’ll admit it was a bit sad to see the downtown slowly falling apart.  I really hate seeing neat old buildings fall into disrepair and I sincerely hope things turn around for little Morocco, Indiana!   

Bottom-line: Interesting architecture but don’t expect too much more.

*Sorry, I am just NOT a doll fan, probably due in part to the 1987 movie Dolls – I found it absolutely terrifying back in the day, a fright that was surpassed only by The Gate and The Blob.

Agree?  Disagree?  Was there something I missed?  Am I off the mark about Morocco, Indiana?  Please, share your opinion in a comment below.

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