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Fans fill the grandstands and grass berm at Ball State's Scheumann Stadium during a Cardinals football game under a blue sky

Monon Bell Classic to be Played at Ball State's Scheumann Stadium

Cheyne Reiter

Aerial view of Victory Field packed with fans for its first Indianapolis Indians game on July 11, 1996, with parking lots, rail lines and the RCA Dome in downtown Indianapolis behind it

Indianapolis Indians to Celebrate Victory Field’s 30th Anniversary on July 11

Cheyne Reiter

The Victorian brick exterior of the Rotary Jail Museum in Crawfordsville, Indiana, with steep gabled roofs and a tall chimney on a corner lot.

The Rotary Jail Museum in Crawfordsville: A One-of-a-Kind Piece of History

Taylor Huff

Aerial view of downtown Wabash, Indiana, centered on the domed Wabash County Courthouse and surrounded by brick storefronts and tree-lined streets.

What's it like in Wabash, Indiana?

Cheyne Reiter

IN the Parks podcast cover graphic for Whitewater Memorial State Park, showing the park's carved wooden veterans memorial of a bald eagle above a kneeling soldier with the words All Gave Some, Some Gave All

Whitewater Memorial State Park: Honoring Our Veterans

Allison Martin

The bell tower on the Manchester University mall, surrounded by striped green lawns and campus buildings under a clear blue sky in North Manchester, Indiana

What's it like in North Manchester, Indiana?

Cheyne Reiter

The abandoned Zoom Flume concrete waterslide near Bloomington, Indiana, its curved channel covered in vibrant multicolored graffiti with green forest behind it.

The Zoom Flume: Bloomington's Hidden Waterslide Relic

Taylor Huff

A modified pull tractor lifts its front wheels and throws diesel smoke as it drags a weight-transfer sled down a dirt track before a packed grandstand at an Indiana county fair.

The History of Tractor Pulls in Indiana

Taylor Huff

A lone person stands on a cracked, exposed roadbed in the drained basin of Mississinewa Lake near Somerset, Indiana, under an overcast winter sky.

How Somerset, Indiana was Erased by a Federal Project

Sid Shroyer

Reenactors in tricorn hats and colonial dress browse a table of handwoven sashes and yarn under shade tents at the Colonial Fair in Middletown, Indiana

3rd Annual Colonial Fair on Friday–Saturday, June 12–13 in Indianapolis

Cheyne Reiter

The stone grave marker of Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) in Fort Wayne, Indiana, topped with a green apple and ringed by a black iron fence.

Discovering Johnny Appleseed’s Grave: A Quiet Gem in Fort Wayne

Taylor Huff

Frankfort, Indiana Water Park

What’s it like in Frankfort, Indiana?

Cheyne Reiter

Ranking the Five Greatest Trios in Purdue Basketball History

Ranking the Five Greatest Trios in Purdue Basketball History

Jacob Dunn

Larry Bisceglia: The Man, The Myth, The Superfan

Larry Bisceglia: The Man, The Myth, The Superfan

Taylor Huff

The Sculptor’s Shadow: How an Indy 500 Champion Becomes Immortal

The Sculptor’s Shadow: How an Indy 500 Champion Becomes Immortal

Josh Gordon

Indy 500 Traditions: Milk, Snake Pit & the Four-Timer Club

Indy 500 Traditions: Milk, Snake Pit & the Four-Timer Club

Jarred Porter

The Andretti Curse: 1969 and 56 Years of Indy 500 Heartbreak

The Andretti Curse: 1969 and 56 Years of Indy 500 Heartbreak

Jarred Porter

Indy 500 Four-Time Winners: The Legends of the Brickyard

Indy 500 Four-Time Winners: The Legends of the Brickyard

Jarred Porter

38 Degrees of Glory: The Secret World of the Indy 500 Milk Stewards

38 Degrees of Glory: The Secret World of the Indy 500 Milk Stewards

Josh Gordon

Indianapolis 500 History: From 1911 to the 110th Running

Indianapolis 500 History: From 1911 to the 110th Running

Jarred Porter

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