Travel & Outdoors

State parks, hiking trails, scenic drives, lakes, and outdoor adventures across Indiana

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
Colorful themed attractions at The Fun Farm in Fort Wayne, including a blue alien spaceship, a castle, a giant mushroom and elephant sculptures across a grassy field.
Travel & Outdoors

The Fun Farm in Fort Wayne

Taylor Huff3 min read
A paddler's point-of-view from a teal kayak drifting down a calm, tree-lined Indiana river on a sunny summer day, with water shoes propped on the bow.
Travel & Outdoors

5 Underrated Indiana River Float Trips for a Low-Crowd Summer

Allison Martin5 min read
The rubberized red-and-green Pfeil Miracle Field at Normain Park in Mishawaka, with a Miracle League of Northern Indiana outfield banner and scoreboard.
Travel & Outdoors

Miracle League Complex at Normain Park: Mishawaka's Fully Accessible Ballpark and Playground

Jarred Porter4 min read
A wide sandy beach at Indiana Dunes National Park with Lake Michigan waves on the right and a wooded dune ridge in fall color on the left
Travel & Outdoors

Indiana Dunes Is Busier Than Most of the National Parks You Can Name

Jarred Porter4 min read
A round reflecting pool set in a lawn at the Garden at Newfields, with clipped hedges, stone steps and a brick garden building behind it under fall foliage
Travel & Outdoors

The Most Romantic Botanical Gardens in Indiana

Jarred Porter4 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
IN the Parks podcast cover graphic titled Indiana Parks Alliance, with a fall-colored tree against a blue sky and a Listen Now button
Travel & Outdoors

Indiana Parks Alliance: Giving Back to the Parks

Allison Martin6 min read
Aerial view of a packed Indiana fairground at dusk, filled with a Ferris wheel, swing rides, and colorful midway tents.
Travel & Outdoors

Indiana County Fairs: The Complete Guide

Jarred Porter4 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
A crowd gathers on the beach to watch a Fourth of July fireworks display burst in golden bursts over the water in Indiana.
Travel & Outdoors

Five Indiana Fourth of July Celebrations You Can't Miss in 2026

Cheyne Reiter4 min read
A harnessed climber crosses a suspended wooden plank bridge high in the sunlit forest canopy at Go Ape in Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis.
Travel & Outdoors

Go Ape Adventure Park Is One of Indianapolis' Most Exciting Outdoor Experiences

Taylor Huff3 min read
An illuminated rimstone formation at Squire Boone Caverns, its terraced flowing stone lit in blue and amber as water cascades over the ledges.
Travel & Outdoors

Discover the Underground Wonder of Southern Indiana: Squire Boone Caverns

Taylor Huff3 min read
Sun setting over Lake Michigan from a grassy sand dune at Indiana Dunes National Park in Porter, Indiana
Travel & Outdoors

Five Budget-Friendly Places to Travel to in Indiana

Destany Long7 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
The historic stone-and-timber lookout tower at Brown County State Park under a clear blue sky, on the IN the Parks podcast cover graphic.
Travel & Outdoors

Brown County State Park: Falling for Leaf Peeping

Allison Martin8 min read
IN the Parks - O'Bannon Woods State Park
Travel & Outdoors

O'Bannon Woods State Park: Face Your Fears in Southern Indiana

Allison Martin4 min read
Frankfort, Indiana Water Park
Travel & Outdoors

What’s it like in Frankfort, Indiana?

Cheyne Reiter4 min read
28th Annual Strawberry Festival Set for June 5 in Kokomo
Entertainment & Culture

28th Annual Strawberry Festival Set for June 5 in Kokomo

Cheyne Reiter2 min read
Speedway, Indiana: The Racing Capital of the World
Travel & Outdoors

What’s it like in Speedway, Indiana?

Cheyne Reiter4 min read
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