Indiana INsider's Guide

Category: NWI Travel

The Sounds of Summer are Rockin' Along the South Shore!

By Visit Indiana on Jul. 07, 2017

One of the best things about summer in the South Shore? Festivals! Plenty of food – from BBQ and gyros to funnel cakes and cotton candy and don’t forget about kids activities like parades, face painting and carnival rides. It seems that you can’t have a festival without amazing live…

Read More

12 Northwest Indiana Water Trails You Must Kayak or Canoe

By Visit Indiana on Jun. 16, 2017

Grab your gear and get ready to explore the canals, rivers, streams and lakes in the South Shore. The South Shore has hundreds of miles of water trails and each route offers different opportunities from challenging and scenic to historic and wooded. Whichever route you decide to explore, check…

Read More

Learn to Kayak & Paddleboard at These 5 Amazing Spots

By Visit Indiana on Jun. 16, 2017

Shallow streams, a great lake, a nationally recognized waterway, small lakes and ponds can all be found in the South Shore. We've put together a list of water trails for beginners complete with rental locations. Have your own equipment? Looking for a challenge? Check out our list of the top 12…

Read More

Embrace the Mmm... at Savor the South Shore

By Visit Indiana on Feb. 21, 2017

Visit Pikk's Tavern in Valparaiso to enjoy their Savor Menu. Savor the South Shore is underway! You can experience three-course meals at discounted prices for 14 delicious days in northwest Indiana. More than two-dozen restaurants are participating and are offering special breakfast, lunch or…

Read More

Don't Miss 25-Cent Admission to Dillinger Museum in February

By Visit Indiana on Feb. 13, 2017

One quarter is all you need for the entire month of February Crime doesn’t pay, and to learn that, all you need is a quarter. For the entire month of February 2017, the admission is only 25 cents to all visitors. John Dillinger, the infamous Depression Era gangster met his demise outside of the…

Read More

Experience the Wonders of Modern Farming at Fair Oaks Farms

By Visit Indiana on Jan. 04, 2017

Fair Oaks Farms In my grandfather’s day, agriculture was often a small, family affair. At the height of his career, it was a ’64 Ford 4,000 pulling a two-bottom plow over fewer than fifty acres of tillable land. Cut into what remained—in elongated pens making use of steep, wooded hillsides…

Read More

Indiana Dunes Country: An idyllic place to enjoy winter

By Ken Kosky on Dec. 08, 2016

By Sarah Maddox I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with winter here in Indiana. The snow is picturesque, but it often lasts for a long time and is typically severe, causing me and many others to stay indoors. But there’s no better place to embrace winter than the Indiana Dunes. This year…

Read More

South Bend: History and Happenings

By Amy Howell on Nov. 15, 2016

Notre Dame Stadium. (Photo by Matt Cashore) When you think of South Bend you probably think of Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish, the story of “Rudy” and the famous line “win one for the Gipper”. All are iconic and engraved forever in history. Photo provided by Visit South Bend Mishawaka…

Read More

Fall drives, award-winning pizza and unique lodging

By Ken Kosky on Oct. 18, 2016

Sarah Maddox By Sarah Maddox Fall is one of my favorite times of the year and Northwest Indiana has so much to offer. I always try to come up with different activities to do every fall, to make each year more memorable than the last. Growing up, one of my favorite things to do was search for fallen…

Read More

Experience Modern Farming at Fair Oaks Farms

By Visit Indiana on Jun. 20, 2016

We lived on a dairy farm when first married so I know some of the challenges dairy farmers face and the steps involved in caring for livestock. For those of you who have not had that privilege—and yes, I consider living on a farm a privilege – you can learn about many details during a visit to Fair…

Read More