Nestled in the hills of Brown County, Indiana, just off of State Road 46, sits a peculiar green barn, covered in dirty socks. It’s a well known stop for hikers on the Tecumseh Trail. A few years ago, the young couple who own the property put a stop sign on the side of their barn—not an uncommon practice in small towns—but with small black stickers on it that read, “Take a Rock, Leave a Sock.” Beneath the sign sits a large pile of geodes the couple had collected from their nearby…
