Indiana Travel Guide
The pagoda at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Indiana's heartbeat is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway: the Indy 500 on Memorial Day weekend is the world's largest single-day sporting event, and the museum's Borg-Warner Trophy is worth the trip alone.
The north holds Indiana Dunes' Lake Michigan beaches; the south holds Brown County's hills, the French Lick resort, and Parke County's 31 covered bridges, the most of any US county.
Destinations in Indiana
Indianapolis Motor SpeedwayThe 2.5-mile oval; the museum and the Yard of Bricks.- Children's Museum of IndianapolisThe world's largest children's museum.
- Indiana DunesLake Michigan beaches and the 3 Dune Challenge.
- Parke County covered bridges31 covered bridges; the October festival.
- French LickThe restored 1901 resort and the Pete Dye golf course.
- Monument CircleThe Soldiers and Sailors Monument at the city's centre.
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Top Cities & towns in Indiana
Regional food
- Pork tenderloin sandwich (pounded flat, bigger than the bun)
- Sugar cream pie (the official state pie)
- Corn on the cob (in season, from the roadside stands)
Getting there
Indianapolis (IND) is the gateway. The 500 sells out lodging months ahead; the dunes are an easy Chicago day trip via the South Shore Line.