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The Ibach House and Stallbohm Barn-Kaske House are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

The earliest known inhabitants of the area were the Potawatomi. Although a village did not exist in what was to become Munster's town boundaries, a trail along the dry sandy ridge now known as Ridge Road was well traveled by the indigenous inhabitants. Today, Munster's downtown area, the Town Hall, Police and Fire Department headquarters, the Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, the site of a former school, and the Munster Post Office are all situated on Ridge Road.

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