Indiana

Indiana has a soft spot for a good breakfast, and the state is full of old diners that…

By Rachel Collins · Sep 3

There is a small town in southern Indiana where the sidewalks fill up on weekends and a certain…

By Rachel Collins · Sep 3

Deep in southern Indiana, past a locked gate and a winding gravel road, sits a place that most…

By Rachel Collins · Sep 2

Most people never expect to find a waterfront table with reservoir views tucked away in central Indiana, yet…

By Rachel Collins · Sep 2

There is a small Indiana town where a red covered bridge stretches across a creek, a working mill…

By Rachel Collins · Sep 2

Some of the finest breakfasts in central Indiana come from a tiny counter in a town most people…

By Rachel Collins · Sep 2

Somewhere in southern Indiana, a working water mill still grinds corn the same way it did two centuries…

By Rachel Collins · Sep 2

Some buildings hide a secret behind a modest front door. A plain warehouse on the south side of…

By Rachel Collins · Sep 2

Tucked into a quiet Indiana town where the streets slow down and the pace feels friendly, there is…

By Rachel Collins · Sep 1

Some towns are so small you could drive through them before your coffee cools, yet they hide the…

By Rachel Collins · Sep 1

Most go-kart tracks stick to flat ground and a single loop, but one spot near Indianapolis flips that…

By Rachel Collins · Sep 1

Some places take twenty minutes to explore. This one takes an afternoon, maybe your whole day, and you…

By Rachel Collins · Sep 1

Tucked into the rolling hills of southern Indiana sits a building that was once nicknamed the eighth wonder…

By Rachel Collins · Sep 1

Some places make you check your watch every ten minutes. Others swallow whole afternoons without a sound of…

By Rachel Collins · Sep 1

Indiana takes its doughnuts seriously, and some of the best ones come from small towns where the fryers…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 31

Indiana hides some of its best breakfasts in small towns where the ovens start humming before sunrise. If…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 31

Long before drive-thru windows and app orders, Indiana families pulled up to root beer stands where carhops brought…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 31

About 36 miles from the noise of downtown Chicago, there is a small town where fewer than 600…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 31

Indiana might be famous for corn and basketball, but the fried fish scene here quietly deserves a shout-out…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 31

Some towns move at a slower speed, and that quieter pace is exactly what draws people who want…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 31

Some sandwiches are so tall that ordering just one feels like a group decision. In downtown Indianapolis, there’s…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 30

Indiana takes its ice cream seriously, and once the weather warms up, a good sundae becomes a small…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 30

Fish fry season in Indiana is more than a meal. It is a tradition passed down through families,…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 30

There is a place in southern Indiana where the candy-making techniques from the 1890s are still alive and…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 30

Indiana might not be the first place you picture when you think about wine country, but the rolling…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 30

Indiana has a knack for hiding great barbecue in towns you might blow right past on a country…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 30

Indiana has grown into a real destination for people who like good food and a laid-back place to…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 29

Some cinnamon rolls are worth rolling out of bed early for, and Indiana has a handful of bakeries…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 29

Some places near the water build their whole reputation on one dish that shows up only one day…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 29

Tucked deep in the wooded hills of Brown County, Indiana, sits a tiny old settlement where the calendar…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 29

Some places make you rethink what a shopping trip can be, and this northern Indiana market is one…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 29

Some drives are worth making twice, and the little town of Winchester, Indiana, has a spot that keeps…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 28

Fresh cheese curds have a fun trick most other cheeses cannot do. When they are really fresh, they…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 28

There is a kind of Indiana dinner that refuses to rush you. Before the main course arrives, a…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 28

Indiana has more lakes than most people expect, and plenty of them are built for taking it easy…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 28

Some places feel like they belong on the cover of an old calendar, the kind that makes you…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 28

Some shopping trips end with exactly what you came for, and others end with eight surprise finds you…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 28

Some towns beg you to hurry through them. This one asks you to slow down, park the car,…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 27

Some of the best breakfasts in southern Indiana are hiding down a county road where you would least…

By Rachel Collins · Aug 27