ELLETTSVILLE — It’s been decades since members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows converged for meetings in the downtown Ellettsville building that was home to Lodge 298 dating back to the 1880s.

Past Grand Master Jim Bott Chaplin Don Butler with the Odd Fellow Bible Past Odd Fellows Grand Master Jim Bott stands next to the commemorative axe he recieved in 2018. In the Odd Fellows, the axe is ...

A few weeks back, someone found a skeleton in a Mt. Healthy garage, resulting in flurry of hypothesizing until an investigation revealed the bones were a leftover prop from an erstwhile Odd Fellows ...

Mystery and intrigue surround one of the oldest fraternal orders of all time with their symbols and secrets. The fraternity club with an odd name began in Britain. With literal skeletons found in ...

A six-story San Francisco landmark - the home of the only neon sign left on Market Street - has sold for the first time since ...

There are many community-service organizations that call Davis home. But how many can say they’ve been around for more than 150 years and boast nearly 400 members? One can for certain — the Davis Odd ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Quiet, but not sad, is how Meg Meltz describes the place. That’s the 2,800-square-foot, nondescript Independent ...

When driving along N. Main Street, you might see the letters “IOOF” displayed on a bright, neon sign above the locally owned Snake River Fly store. These letters stand for The Independent Order of Odd ...

CEDAR FALLS — Jason Mehmen leads the way up a dark, narrow enclosed staircase to the second floor of the historic Odd Fellows Lodge at 402 W. Second St., across the street from Overman Park. He snaps ...

This week Ghost Adventures investigates a former old folks home & orphanage, run by the Odd Fellows’ Secret Society. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) are one of the most numerous ...

DOVER — In 1999, the Odd Fellows of Dover donated $5,000 to the local American Legion baseball team. At that time, Larry Gadbois, an Army veteran, was the manager of the team. Inspired by the ...