The Hesston Steam Museum is an outdoor museum operated by the Laporte County Historical Steam Society in Hesston Indiana.  It started out on 22 acres but has expanded and now occupies 155 acres.

The grounds includes a fully functional steam driven saw mill, the first electrical plant from the courthouse in LaPorte County, IN,  a Browning steam powered crane and several older steam locomotives.

Its railroad has four different gauge railroad tracks (7 ½”, 14”, 24” and 36”) for the various sized locomotives along with numerous other pieces of steam powered and vintage farm equipment.

If you think you might enjoy stepping back in time for an afternoon, I encourage you to check out the Hesston Steam Museum. I think you’ll like it!