The Cloud Sump and Contrail Viewing Station

The Cloud Sump and Contrail Viewing Station is perhaps a quirk of topography, atmospheric conditions, proximity to the Great Lakes, glide paths of near-by municipal airfields, or residue from the pharmaceutical crop dusting aeroplanes that has generated these amazing displays of congested clouds aloft of the the town of Winesburg, Indiana.

The Viewing Station features a treetop-level platform with an array of coin-operated telescopes and nature trails from which to marvel at the contrails. The visitor's center prides itself on its five-hour video, narrated by WOWO's Rupert "Roop" Heffelfinger, that explains the phenomenon. An early, silent version of the video was titled Contrails and You and was based on a scenario by Erich von Stroheim. You won't want to miss a single second!