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Red vintage Auburn convertible with American flags passes the DeKalb County Courthouse during the Parade of Classics in Auburn, Indiana

Your Guide to the 2026 Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival

Cheyne Reiter

The John Mellencamp mural on a brick building in downtown Seymour, Indiana, reading “I Was Born In A Small Town,” with picnic tables on the lawn of the adjacent pocket park

What's it like in Seymour, Indiana?

Cheyne Reiter

Visitors walking past the white clapboard Billie Creek General Store at Billie Creek Village near Rockville, Indiana, with a green street clock, mums and rows of pumpkins in the foreground on a fall day

Billie Creek Village: Step Back in Time

Taylor Huff

Purdue Pete hoisted above a night crowd of fans storming the field at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette after a Boilermakers upset

The Spoilermakers: Purdue Football’s Legendary Giant-Slayer History

Jacob Dunn

Geode-covered columns, an arched stone shrine and rose beds on the lawn of the Geode Grotto at Providence Home in Jasper, Indiana

The Providence Home Geode Grotto

Taylor Huff

Limestone pillars and shallow alcoves carved into a wooded bluff above the Mississinewa River near Peru, Indiana, under a pink and orange sunset sky

The Seven Pillars of Mississinewa: One of Indiana’s Most Unique Natural Wonders

Taylor Huff

Dunn’s Bridge, a yellow steel arch bridge hung with patriotic bunting and an American flag, spanning the Kankakee River near Wheatfield, Indiana.

Dunn’s Bridge: A Historic Hidden Gem in Wheatfield, Indiana

Taylor Huff

A tall sycamore tree shading a green lawn beside a limestone government building in downtown Indianapolis.

The Moon Tree in Indianapolis: A Living Piece of Space History

Taylor Huff

A paved stretch of the Big-4 Trail near Whitestown, Indiana, running through a tunnel of green trees with fallen yellow leaves scattered across the path

What's it like in Whitestown, Indiana?

Cheyne Reiter

The red brick Old Pathology Building, home of the Indiana Medical History Museum, with its bay front and slate roof under a clear blue sky in Indianapolis.

A Fascinating Look Inside the Indiana Medical History Museum

Taylor Huff

Aerial view at sunset of the dirt oval at Brownstown Speedway ringed by grandstands, race trailers and the packed Jackson County Fairgrounds in Brownstown, Indiana

What's it like in Brownstown, Indiana?

Cheyne Reiter

Colorful mural in Newton County, Indiana of writer George Ade and baseball player Edgar "Sam" Rice, painted alongside a South Newton High School logo and a canoe scene at Willow Slough

What’s it like in Kentland, Indiana?

Cheyne Reiter

Amelia Earhart standing with two men beside a plane lettered Learn to Fly, Purdue University Airport, outside a brick hangar

Purdue Paid for Amelia Earhart's Plane. Now It's Hunting It.

Jarred Porter

IN the Parks podcast cover art for Harmonie State Park, showing a large painted Say's Firefly sculpture hanging on a blue brick wall next to a placard about Indiana's state insect

Harmonie State Park: The Magic of Fireflies

Allison Martin

The Dixie, a red-and-white sternwheel paddleboat, cruising across Webster Lake in North Webster, Indiana, with passengers on its decks under a clear blue sky.

Take a Relaxing Cruise on the Dixie Sternwheeler in North Webster, Indiana

Taylor Huff

A packed dining room at the Carriage Inn in Haubstadt, Indiana, with families gathered around tables set with fresh bread, drinks and homestyle comfort food.

A Hidden Gem in Southern Indiana: The Carriage Inn

Taylor Huff

The green storefront and corner entrance of St. Elmo Steak House in downtown Indianapolis, with its Famous Since 1902 sign and a World Famous Shrimp Cocktail window above the door at 127

123 Years of Heat: The Story of St. Elmo Steak House

Jarred Porter

A visitor stands atop the sandstone Prophet's Rock overlook in a sunlit spring forest near Battle Ground, Indiana, with a large tree rising in the foreground.

Prophet's Rock: One of Indiana's Most Historic Overlooks

Taylor Huff

A painting of frontiersman Daniel Boone in fringed buckskin pointing westward, with his dog and a settler family and livestock beside him.

The Boone Brothers and Their Indiana Legacy

Taylor Huff

Nighttime crowd gathered on the lawn at 950 Speakeasy Bistro in Lagro, Indiana, watching a live band play under string lights beside the two-story timber patio

What's it like in Lagro, Indiana?

Cheyne Reiter

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