History & Heritage

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

Oval sepia portrait of Kokomo inventor Elwood Haynes with gray hair and mustache, wearing a dark suit and tie

Elwood Haynes: The Hoosier Who Helped Put America on Wheels

Taylor Huff

Wood-paneled library with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, a rolling ladder, table lamps and a glass-topped reading table

Discover the Historic Library at West Baden Springs Hotel

Taylor Huff

The pink Florida Tropical House, one of the 1933 Century of Progress homes, standing on a lawn above the Lake Michigan shoreline in Beverly Shores, Indiana

Century of Progress Homes: A Glimpse Into the Future from 1933

Taylor Huff

Hand-tinted portrait of Katherine "Flossie" Bailey smiling, with dark curled hair and a dark top

Flossie Bailey: The Indiana Woman Who Fought for Justice

Taylor Huff

Historic brick storefronts along a downtown street in Decatur, Indiana, with a three-story corner building and US 224 route signs at the intersection ahead

What's it like in Decatur, Indiana?

Cheyne Reiter

The Indiana 9/11 Memorial on the Downtown Canal in Indianapolis, with a black granite sign, two World Trade Center steel beams, a bronze eagle, and the Colts building in the background.

15 Indiana 9/11 Memorials, and Friday's Confirmed Ceremonies

Jarred Porter

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

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