Indiana Insider Blog

Nothing beats fresh donuts on a brisk winter morning! Pair donuts with a visit to a sugar camp and you have the perfect start to a new family tradition! Begin the day with a stop at Wheel House Donuts in... Read more

It’s that time of year … maple syrup tapping and places all over the state are celebrating but not as much as Brown County. They are gearing up to host the 2016 National Maple Syrup Festival on March 5-6.I had... Read more

Photo by Shirley Lance, courtesy of Brown County Photography Club   My kids never knew this, but our vacations were designed to have an educational element. That was never truer than at the National Maple Syrup Festival in Medora. It... Read more

I’m a little like Buddy the Elf and I love syrup. Who doesn’t? So I’ve been hearing a lot about different syrup events across the state and have already marked a few in my calendar: Maple Syrup Festival in Brown... Read more

Having spent 15 years up in northern Indiana, I realized there’s an awful lot of maple syrup in Indiana. Vermont may have the reputation of being the maple syrup capital, but Indiana has plenty of maple syrup to give the... Read more

The third weekend of February, 23rd and 24th, and the first weekend of March, 2nd and 3rd, marks the 50th annual Parke County Maple Syrup Festival in Rockville. March marks the time that maple syrup producers start tapping the local... Read more

The Wakarusa Maple Syrup Festival will be held in Wakarusa, Indiana (Elkhart County), on Friday, April 20 through Sunday, April 22, celebrating their maple syrup heritage, including their annual parade, town-favorite maple syrup jelly beans, sugar camp tours, and a... Read more

Last summer, I had the good fortune of discovering McCloud Nature Park in North Salem, Indiana.  I wrote about how beautiful and peaceful the park is. I’m thrilled to be heading back to McCloud this weekend to enjoy Maple Syrup... Read more

I spent the early years of my childhood growing up in New England. Each summer, we camped in Vermont and came home with bottles of maple syrup to pour all over our pancakes for the rest of the year. I’ve wrongly assumed... Read more