History & Heritage

Historic towns, famous Hoosiers, war memorials, traditions, and Indiana firsts

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.
Travel & Outdoors

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

Taylor Huff3 min read
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.
Food & Drink

A Hidden Gem in Southern Indiana: The Carriage Inn

Taylor Huff2 min read
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
Food & Drink

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

Jarred Porter3 min read
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.
History & Heritage

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

Taylor Huff3 min read
A painting of frontiersman Daniel Boone in fringed buckskin pointing westward, with his dog and a settler family and livestock beside him.
History & Heritage

The Boone Brothers and Their Indiana Legacy

Taylor Huff3 min read
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
Living in Indiana

What's it like in Lagro, Indiana?

Cheyne Reiter4 min read
Fans fill the grandstands and grass berm at Ball State's Scheumann Stadium during a Cardinals football game under a blue sky
Sports

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

Cheyne Reiter3 min read
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
History & Heritage

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

Cheyne Reiter7 min read
The Victorian brick exterior of the Rotary Jail Museum in Crawfordsville, Indiana, with steep gabled roofs and a tall chimney on a corner lot.
History & Heritage

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

Taylor Huff3 min read
Aerial view of downtown Wabash, Indiana, centered on the domed Wabash County Courthouse and surrounded by brick storefronts and tree-lined streets.
History & Heritage

What's it like in Wabash, Indiana?

Cheyne Reiter6 min read
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
Travel & Outdoors

Whitewater Memorial State Park: Honoring Our Veterans

Allison Martin5 min read
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
Living in Indiana

What's it like in North Manchester, Indiana?

Cheyne Reiter5 min read
The abandoned Zoom Flume concrete waterslide near Bloomington, Indiana, its curved channel covered in vibrant multicolored graffiti with green forest behind it.
Travel & Outdoors

The Zoom Flume: Bloomington's Hidden Waterslide Relic

Taylor Huff2 min read
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.
History & Heritage

The History of Tractor Pulls in Indiana

Taylor Huff3 min read
A lone person stands on a cracked, exposed roadbed in the drained basin of Mississinewa Lake near Somerset, Indiana, under an overcast winter sky.
History & Heritage

How Somerset, Indiana was Erased by a Federal Project

Sid Shroyer4 min read
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
History & Heritage

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

Cheyne Reiter2 min read
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.
History & Heritage

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

Taylor Huff3 min read
Frankfort, Indiana Water Park
Travel & Outdoors

What’s it like in Frankfort, Indiana?

Cheyne Reiter4 min read
Ranking the Five Greatest Trios in Purdue Basketball History
History & Heritage

Ranking the Five Greatest Trios in Purdue Basketball History

Jacob Dunn7 min read
Larry Bisceglia: The Man, The Myth, The Superfan
History & Heritage

Larry Bisceglia: The Man, The Myth, The Superfan

Taylor Huff3 min read
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