Sights in Indiana
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Indiana Medical History Museum
The Indiana Medical History Museum, a guide leads visitors through century-old pathology labs. The highlight, especially for zombies, is the room full of brains in jars. There's also a healing herb garden to walk through.
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Indianapolis Museum of Art
This museum has a terrific collection of European art (especially Turner and some post-Impressionists), African tribal art, South Pacific art and Chinese works. The museum is linked to Oldfields - Lilly House & Gardens, the 26-acre estate of the Lilly pharmaceutical family, and Fairbanks Art & Nature Park, which features sculptures and audio installations amid 100 acres of woodlands.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the Indianapolis 500 motor race, is Indy's supersight. Tickets (www.imstix.com; around US$20-140) are hard to come by for the big event, held on Memorial Day weekend and attended by 450,000 crazed fans. Tickets for pre-race trials and practices are more likely (and cheaper). Other races at the Speedway are the MotoGP World Championship in September and NASCAR Brickyard 400 in late July.
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Indiana Dunes State Park
Indiana Dunes State Park is a 2100-acre, shoreside pocket within the national lakeshore; it's located at the end of Hwy 49, near Chesterton. It has more amenities, but it's also more regulated and crowded - and charges an entry fee. Wintertime brings out the cross-country skiers; summertime brings out the hikers. Seven trails zigzag over the landscape; No 4 up Mt Tom rewards with Chicago skyline views.
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NCAA Hall of Champions
The NCAA Hall of Champions reveals the country's fascination with college sports. The NCAA renovated the museum recently, making it much more interactive, so you can now shoot free throws or climb onto a swimming platform à la Michael Phelps. You'll probably find most Hoosiers hovering around the basketball exhibits, as locals are renowned hoop-ball fanatics.
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Studebaker National Museum
The Studebaker National Museum has gorgeous 1956 Packard and many other classic beauties. South Bend is better known as the home of the University of Notre Dame, which is famous for its 'Fighting Irish' football team. To tour the pretty campus with its gold-domed administration building, Lourdes Grotto Replica and Touchdown Jesus painting.
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Historical Museum
The Historical Museum to see Dean's bongo drums, among other artifacts. This is also the place to pick up a free map that will guide you to sites like the farmhouse where Jimmy grew up and his red-lipstick-kissed grave site. The museum sells Dean posters, zippo lighters and other memorabilia.
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Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians & Western Art
The adobe Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians & Western Art features Native American basketry, pots and masks, as well as a realistic/romantic Western painting collection with works by Frederic Remington and Georgia O'Keeffe.
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Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Four miles south of Dale, off I-64, is the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, where young Abe lived from age seven to 21. This isolated but good site also includes admission to a working pioneer farm.
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Dan Quayle Center & Vice Presidential Museum
The USA's 44th vice president (you spell potato, he spells potatoe) is treated reverentially, along with the country's other second fiddles, at the Dan Quayle Center & Vice Presidential Museum.
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Wyandotte Caves
The Wyandotte Caves, near Leavenworth, is highly recommended - though at the time of writing they were undergoing renovation and closed for tours; check the website for updates.
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Clifty Falls State Park
Large, wooded Clifty Falls State Park, off Hwy 56 and a couple of miles west of town, has camping, hiking trails, views and waterfalls.
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Falls of the Ohio State Park
In Clarksville, Falls of the Ohio State Park has only rapids, no falls, but is of interest for its 386-million-year-old fossil beds.
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Hall of Fame Museum
The Hall of Fame Museum features 75 racing cars (including former winners), a 500lb Tiffany trophy and a track tour ($3 extra).
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Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum
The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum has a wonderful display of early roadsters in a beautiful art-deco setting.
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College Football Hall of Fame
US residents especially will be interested in seeing the downtown College Football Hall of Fame.
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Civil War Museum
The Civil War Museum, which neatly outlines the conflict and Indiana's abolition position.
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James Dean Gallery
The privately owned James Dean Gallery has more memorabilia a few blocks away.
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