Indiana Insider Blog

My family has a lot of holiday traditions, like enjoying at least one holiday concert or show together. If you’re looking to make some memories and enjoy some holiday fun, here are the Top 10 Holiday Experiences Just South of... Read more

USA TODAY polled their readers, and they have named America’s “10 Best” Outdoor Water Parks, with an Indiana attraction topping the list! Have you made a splash at this Southern Indiana favorite? Holiday World’s Splashin’ Safari, in Santa Claus, took... Read more

Country Living has released a list of 25 Under-the-Radar Midwestern Towns for Girlfriend Getaways, and six Hoosier locales have made the list! The Hoosier towns that Country Living selected are Chesterton, Corydon, Bloomington, Carmel, Columbus and Santa Claus! Home of... Read more

Fresh off of a 2016 season that was one of the best attended in the venue’s 30-year history, the Lincoln Amphitheatre has announced a 2017 performance series that will feature classic rockers Grand Funk Railroad, award-winning country singer-songwriter Lee Ann... Read more

Most of my friends make their annual trip to Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari in the middle of summer and I can’t fault them for that. It is awesome then … BUT my family just made their fourth annual trip... Read more

Indiana’s only theme park will be in the national spotlight on Tuesday, as Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari are featured on Travel Channel’s Bert the Conqueror show. Bert is quite a character. If you’re familiar with the movie Van Wilder,... Read more

In Lincoln City, you would expect to learn a lot about Abraham Lincoln’s childhood in Indiana. This summer, however, you will not just learn about his history, but see it come to life in the musical, A. Lincoln: A... Read more

What do you give a park for its 70th birthday? If you’ve been around the block a few times, you already know that Holiday World started out as Santa Claus Land, with an opening day of August 3, 1946. That’s... Read more

I’m not complaining about the moderate temps we’ve been experiencing (at least in northern Indiana). It’s certainly better than snow in my book. But I admit the gray skies we’ve had instead had left me a little down. I knew... Read more