Indiana Insider Blog

Indiana has three National Parks Service properties, and I can now say that I have been to all three. The last one I visited was on a trip with my Aunt Marily to the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park,... Read more

Museums give us the chance to gain an appreciation and understanding of art, culture, and history. Indiana holds a diverse set of museums, including the largest children’s museum in the world, exhibits full of fine art, live historical re-enactments, and... Read more

USAToday/10Best just announced that The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is a winner in the 2020 USAToday/10Best Readers’ Choice travel award contest for America’s Best Children’s Museum. The nomination was carefully made by an expert panel of travel journalists from around... Read more

Indiana’s story stretches well into history, with significant events happening well before statehood was granted in 1816, and visitors can experience the people and places of the past firsthand at historic sites across the state. You are guaranteed to find... Read more

I love American history. I love presidential history. I love 19th-century architecture. I love touring historic mansions. And for all of those reasons, I made it a point to visit the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site on a trip to Indianapolis... Read more

I’ve taken a couple trips to Fort Wayne in the past with my family in the spring and in the summer and recently took a getaway to Indiana’s second-largest city when the weather was a little colder. This trip was... Read more

As Slaughterhouse Five turns 50 in 2019, the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library settles into a new home on Indiana Avenue in downtown Indianapolis. The reopening of the museum coincided with VonnegutFest, a day-long event that commemorates the life and... Read more

I’m a mom of five boys, so over the years as we have traveled we have always gravitated toward attractions that easily appeal to males. We’ve been to a lot of car museums, science museums, military museums and also several... Read more

It’s all Greek to me at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, where two new interactive exhibits transport visitors across the world to learn about ancient and modern-day Greece. Treasures of Ancient Greece (presented by OneAmerica and supported by Ice Miller LLP)... Read more