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Welcome to the Indiana Travel web site, which features travel information on a county basis. As a lifelong Hoosier & someone who has spent quite a bit of time bicycling through the Indiana countryside, my goal here is to help cyclists & anyone else who might want to travel Indiana's backroads. Much of the state is heavily farmed, especially in the north. If you know where to look, you can still find areas of natural beauty. Indiana does not have as many state parks as some other Midwestern states, but its parks are larger and many showcase very scenic areas. Much of this is due to the foresight of Colonel Richard Lieber, who initiated the Indiana state park system in 1916, Indiana's centennial year. Although born in Dusseldorf, Germany he loved his adopted home as much as any native Hoosier, and sought to protect its scenic & historical areas.

For each county (listed below) in the state, you will find links to government, local attractions, events, camping, bed & breakfast, and historical information web sites.


In honor of Indiana's native son David Letterman, It seems fitting that we have a few top ten lists:

Most Beautiful Parks / Natural Areas

  1. Brown County State Park
  2. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
  3. Clifty Falls State Park
  4. Spring Mill State Park
  5. McCormick's Creek State Park
  6. Turkey Run State Park
  7. Shades State Park
  8. Jasper-Pulaski Wildlife Area (when cranes are there)
  9. Wyandotte Cave
  10. Hoosier National Forest

Historical Sites

  1. New Harmony
  2. Vincennes Territorial Capital
  3. Corydon Capitol
  4. Limberlost
  5. Tippecanoe Battlefield
  6. Ernie Pyle Museum
  7. Wilbur Wright Birthplace
  8. Whitewater Canal
  9. Angel Mounds
  10. Michigan City Lighthouse

Events

  1. Indianapolis 500
  2. Hilly Hundred Bicycle Ride
  3. Covered Bridge Festival
  4. Thunder on the Ohio
  5. Little 500
  6. Purdue Grand Prix
  7. Newport Hill Climb
  8. Feast of the Hunters Moon
  9. Indiana State Fair
  10. Metamora Christmas Walk

Most Beautiful Buildings

  1. Scottish Rite Cathedral
  2. Hillforest Mansion
  3. Howard Steamboat Museum
  4. Tippecanoe County Courthouse
  5. Monastery of Immaculate Conception
  6. Saint Meinrad Seminary
  7. Culbetson Mansion
  8. Knightstown Academy
  9. Seiberling Mansion
  10. Lanier Mansion

Famous Hoosiers

  1. Colonel Sanders
  2. Red Skelton
  3. Ernie Pyle
  4. Wilber Wright
  5. James Dean
  6. John Wooden
  7. David Letterman
  8. Larry Bird
  9. Oscar Robertson
  10. Gus Grissom

Notorious Hoosiers

  1. John Dillinger
  2. Sam Bass
  3. Jim Jones
  4. Herb Baumeister
  5. Dean Corll
  6. Larry Eyler
  7. Orville Lynn Majors
  8. Harry Pierpont
  9. Russell Clark
  10. Homer Van Meter


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