Around 30 minutes northwest of Mile Square, the small town of Lebanon is the seat of Boone County. The city dates back to 1832, and if you’re wondering about the name, it comes from an early pioneer coming across a grove of hickories here and comparing them to the cedars of Lebanon mentioned in the …
Set between Indianapolis and Lafayette, Frankfort is an endearing small town and the seat of Clinton County. The city was founded in the 1830 by three brothers, and named after Germany’s Frankfurt am Main, in honor of the brothers’ great-grandparents’ home. Two historic buildings command the old townscape in the center of Frankfort. The first …
Just east of Fort Wayne, New Haven is a city that owes its early development to the Wabash and Erie Canal, which linked the Great Lakes with the Gulf of Mexico as early as the 1840s. Before long the waterway was succeeded by the railroads, and you take a peek at the area’s marvelous steam …
The seat of Dubois County in Southwestern Indiana, Jasper often appears on lists of the best small towns in the country. Jasper has long been known as a center for woodworking, and even at the time of writing the two largest employers were furniture manufacturers. It’s clear that a lot of love has gone into …
Until the turn of the 20th century this corner of the Indianapolis metropolitan area was totally rural, and known for its abundant beech trees. The treasured poet and women’s rights activist, Sarah T. Bolton (1814-1893), purchased a creekside property here in 1871, which is now a park named in her honor. Beech Grove has a …
On the shores of three beautiful lakes in North Central Indiana, Warsaw is the endearing seat of Kosciusko County. If you’re wondering about the Polish connection, the county is named for Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746-1817) a hero in the Revolutionary War. Warsaw is a tribute to his home country, and is known in the medical community …
The name of this city in South Central Indiana is practically a byword for Indiana limestone. The pure, dense and uniform stone quarried around Bedford is the sediment from an inland sea that existed some 350 million years ago. Bedford stone has been used for scores of famous American landmarks, from the Empire State Building …
The capital of Indiana, Indianapolis, has a surprising amount going for it. Not just famous for its connections to racing, the city is home to a host of cultural attractions, from the world’s largest children’s museum to the sprawling Indiana Zoo. Couple this with theatres and convention centres, and there are plenty of reasons to …
Downtown Indianapolis, Downtown Indy or the Mile Square whatever name it’s given, and it goes under the guise of all three, is an ever-expanding downtown district. Since receiving the moniker of Mile Square back in the early 1800s, the city’s founding district has grown to encompass six and a half square miles in total and …
Indiana offers small mountainous landscapes featuring plenty of cliffs to form waterfalls. While there are more than 22 different falls throughout the state, we’ve whittled it down to the top 15 that you should try to visit if you’re in the region. Every waterfall is unique, and whether they were created by mother nature or …