Indiana Insider Blog

From boating and fishing to swimming and waterskiing, Indiana is an incredible place to spend a day on the lake. The Hoosier State is home to 100,000 acres of publicly owned lakes and 45 miles of Great Lakes shoreline that... Read more

Summer is now in full swing which means longer days, warmer temperatures, and more time for fun in the sun. A dip in the pool is great, but why settle when you can take your water experience in Indiana a... Read more

Over the past few months, the use of digital meetings has popularized with several video conferencing tools out there. Zoom has become a popular choice and allows users to brighten their meeting by uploading their own background images. Luckily for... Read more

From a gorgeous lakeside village to a picturesque main street in a small town, these two boutique shopping destinations in northeast Indiana – the Village at Winona and the Town of Roanoke – are the perfect combination for a girlfriends... Read more

Indiana Dunes (located in Northwest Indiana) – is full of outdoor beauty. I’ll get to their most visited attraction later, but let me tell you about Taltree Arboretum & Gardens. For starters the railway garden features seven model trains running... Read more

To end the summer with a bang, my family planned one final camping trip for the year. I wanted to visit someplace new, but that wasn’t too far of a drive. Since I knew the temperatures might still be pretty... Read more

Now that summer is in full swing – there’s nothing more pleasurable than a dip in Lake Michigan and a walk along it’s blue and pleasant shores. As a lifelong resident of the area – here are some tips that... Read more

The city of Portage has long been a land locked city, due to the positioning of the steel mills and the location of a private gated community. That changed last year, when funding came through the Marquette Plan to create... Read more

This week’s selected photo comes from the shores of Portage, IN. If you look closely enough, you can even see Chicago in the distance across the lake. Sadouthitt is one of the newest members on the Visit Indiana Flickr Group... Read more