Indiana

Some retirees spend years chasing the perfect place to settle, only to realize the answer was a quiet…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 21

Some people plan road trips around ball games or concerts. Others plan them around a ribeye, and in…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 20

Some houses keep their stories behind locked doors and velvet ropes. This one hands you a key and…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 20

Ask a Hoosier about Coney dogs and you might get a story about a grandpa, a frosted mug…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 20

Some places hand over dessert in a paper cup and wave goodbye. This one in downtown Columbus, Indiana,…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 20

Every Indiana town seems to have one pizza place that never really changes, and that is exactly why…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 20

Some of the best Mexican food in Indiana comes from small, family-run spots you might drive past without…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 20

Ask a hotel concierge on the north side of Indianapolis where to eat, and there is a good…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 19

Some people drive 600 miles for a burger, and in West Lafayette, Indiana, that is not as strange…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 19

Some people drive an hour through the Brown County hills just for a plate of breakfast. Others show…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 19

In Indiana, chicken and noodles is not a side dish or a soup. It is a full meal,…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 19

Mention ribs to almost anyone north of Indianapolis and the same name keeps coming up. The spot sits…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 19

Some towns are famous for one big thing, and in northern Indiana that thing might just be a…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 19

Six hours is a long time to wait for anything, but in one Indianapolis kitchen, that is exactly…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 18

Some lunch stops are about speed, and some are worth a detour off the main road. In Chesterton,…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 18

Some breakfasts end with a clean plate, and some end with a to-go box and a promise to…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 18

Some of the best meals in Gary come with no tablecloths, no servers, and no fuss at all.…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 18

Some of the best dinners in Indiana are hiding at the end of a long drive past old…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 18

Some families plan whole road trips around a single bowl of noodles. In the small town of Middlebury,…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 18

Some breakfast spots chase trends, and some simply refuse to. In a small Indiana town just off I-65,…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 17

Some road trips start with a map, and some start with a craving. In the hills of Brown…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 17

In Indiana, Friday night has a menu all its own, and it usually starts with a plate of…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 17

Some buildings in small towns have watched more than a century of neighbors come and go, and a…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 17

Every October, ghost hunters line up for creaky jail cells and spooky legends. But some of the best…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 17

Some sandwiches are lunch, and some sandwiches are history you can hold with both hands. In Huntington, Indiana,…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 17

Some of the best dinners in Indiana start with a slow drive through the hills. Down in Brown…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 16

You do not need to cross the state line to get a proper Chicago dog. Northwest Indiana sits…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 16

When the wind starts biting and the sky goes dark by dinnertime, a bowl of chili starts sounding…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 16

Persimmon pudding is one of those desserts that tells you exactly where you are. Outside Southern Indiana, plenty…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 16

Deep in the rolling hills of southern Indiana, a small town with a funny name hides a very…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 16

Finding a true Philly cheesesteak far from Philadelphia can feel like a long quest. Plenty of sandwiches wear…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 16

Fried mush is one of those old Midwest breakfast plates that has quietly slipped off most menus. You…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 15

Some diners open a can and call it lunch, but the seven spots on this list still make…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 15

Some dinners are just meals, and some become the story a couple tells for years. Along the Lake…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 15

One sandwich, two hungry travelers, and leftovers anyway. That is the kind of math happening in a quiet…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 15

A few weeks. That is how long some new residents in one Noblesville neighborhood say it took before…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 15

At 10:50 on a weekday morning, a line forms outside a plain little building on the west side…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 15

Every October, Fort Wayne seems to grow a little more curious about its own past. Ghost stories travel…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 14

Some of the best meals in Indianapolis come out of a small counter with no tables at all.…

By Rachel Collins · Oct 14