Drive-by Barning: Shipshewana and Middlebury, IN

Almost everywhere I drive I see barns, old and new, in all manner of forms and purposes. Here is a sampling of photos taken on my drive to Shipshewana, IN and back. I was thrilled when I saw "real" barns -- with piles of manure next to them! Most of these barns seem to speak for themselves.



BARN [bahrn] from Dictionary.com

–noun
1. a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
2. a very large garage for buses, trucks, etc.; carbarn.

Origin:
before 950; Middle English bern, Old English berern ( bere ( see barley ) + ern, ǣrn house, cognate with Old Frisian fīaern cowhouse, Old High German erin, Gothic razn, Old Norse rann house; compare ransack, rest )

Questions:

Some things with no "barn" function are in "barn form."
Why?
Do barns attract business?
If so, what are we really looking for?
And what do we find?

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