Indiana Insider Blog

What do the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., Rockefeller Center in New York City, and Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina have in common? They — and hundreds of other buildings and monuments — were all constructed with Indiana limestone.... Read more

Pat Hutchinson, owner of Christmas in Bedford, is making special arrangements with her daughter, Roxi, who owns The Gardens Inn, a bed and breakfast right there in Bedford, Indiana (Lawrence County) for you Christmas shoppers. Pat and Roxi are offering... Read more

Many of our nation’s iconic buildings – such as the Empire State Building and Pentagon – might still be blueprints on a shelf if it wasn’t for southern Indiana’s natural resources. The area anchored by Lawrence County aka “Limestone Country”... Read more

Tiny Oolitic, Indiana (Lawrence County) is home to one of the biggest comic stars from the 1930s and 1940s, Joe Palooka. Joe was an upstanding and virtuous sports hero and one of the most popular comic book characters, ranking as... Read more

The state of Indiana is built on limestone. Literally. Southern Indiana is primarily a limestone base, that part of Indiana is dotted with limestone quarries, and many of our country’s buildings are built with Indiana limestone. So it makes sense... Read more

The 11th annual Lawrence County History Festival is taking place April 20 – 22, 2012 in Bedford, Indiana at the Bedford North Lawrence High School/North Lawrence Career Center. The festival will showcase a Native American powwow and a historical timeline, including... Read more

If you’ve ever been in a cave, you know all the dreary walking you have to do. It’s so hard. Er, sorry, I was thinking about my kids, and the last time we went through a guided cave tour in... Read more

The Indiana Artisan program is not just about art, it’s about creation and being able to build and make things with your hands that other people enjoy — so it’s about food and drink just as much as it is... Read more

The persimmon — the American one, not the Japanese one — is a little-known fruit that grows throughout Lawrence County. To celebrate this sweet treat, Mitchell, Indiana holds the Persimmon Festival every year. This year marks the 65th year they’ve... Read more