Top Things to do in Indiana
Top Hotels in Indiana
- 1. Hampton Inn Indianapolis Downtown Across from Circle Centre
- 2. West Baden Springs Hotel
- 3. Bottleworks Hotel
- 4. Indianapolis Marriott East
- 5. The Inn at Saint Mary's
- 6. Drury Inn & Suites Terre Haute
- 7. Hyatt Place Indianapolis Downtown
- 8. Ironworks Hotel Indy
- 9. JW Marriott Indianapolis
- 10. Drury Plaza Hotel Indianapolis Carmel
10 Cemeteries in Indiana That You Shouldn't Miss
With beaches, boating, and salmon fishing in Michigan City and Gary bordering Lake Michigan, there is more to Indiana than might appear at first glance. The agricultural heartland even has cross country skiing and snowmobiling to go with the Cornball Express. Southwest Indiana near Evansville is renowned for the well-preserved Native American Angel Mounds State Historic Site. The largest city and state capital is famous worldwide for its Indianapolis 500 race. Even locals living in the suburbs often overlook the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Eiteljorg Museum, NCAA Hall of Champions, the old Union Station museum cluster, and downtown Canal Walk, to name but a few landmarks. South Bend is synonymous with the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.
Forested Nashville’s art colony fame dates to the early 1900s when Impressionist Theodore Clement Steele overwintered in The House of the Singing Winds. It is now the T.C. Steele State Historic Site. View paintings and sculpture at the I.M. Pei-designed Indiana University Museum of Art. Attend an IU sports event or an opera, ballet, concert, or theater performance. Treat the family to The Little Nashville Opry or The Bill Monroe Bluegrass Park. For healing mineral springs, head south to Orange County, Indiana’s spa resort center.
Enjoy golf, fishing, boating, cross country skiing, snowmobiling, and ice skating in the nation’s agricultural heartland. Monticello and Rensselaer are west of Logansport and north of Lafayette. Take the family on the Cornball Express and Hoosier Hurricane at the Indiana Beach Amusement Resort in Monticello. Play boardwalk carnival games, or let the kids loose on the go-carts. Pile the family into their vehicles for an old-fashioned movie experience at Monticello’s Lake Shore Drive-In. Indulge in a weekend dinner boat cruise to hot band sounds as the Madam Carroll plies Lake Freeman.
Restaurants in Indiana
1. Holy Cross Catholic Church
2. Marion National Cemetery
3. New Albany National Cemetery
4. Crown Hill Cemetery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 285 reviews
Crown Hill is the nation's 3rd largest non-gov’t. cemetery w/555 acres of beautiful rolling hills. Thousands visit this urban oasis to enjoy its peaceful beauty; study architecture, sculptures & trees; exercise, picnic, view wildlife (incl. white-tailed deer) & study the history & heritage of the 215,000+ people buried there. A must-see is the top of "The Crown," the highest hill in the county with a 360-degree view of the Indy skyline. Crown Hill is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Notables incl. Pres. Ben. Harrison, poet James Whitcomb Riley, Col. Eli Lilly, three U.S. VPs, & numerous others, incl. the infamous bank robber John Dillinger. Crown Hill's popular guided tours were twice named "The Best Walking Tour" by Indianapolis Monthly mag., featured as one of Midwest Living magazine's "Terrific Tours," and listed as one of "5 Things to Do in Indy Before You Die" by Indy Star. Visitors can attend one of many guided Public Tours or schedule their own Private Tour.
Reviewed By sheilastranc
Several famous people are buried here. There is a beautiful hill that overlooks the city. Pres. B. Harrison's modest burial site is located near the hill. It's a very pleasant place.
5. Park Cemetery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 32 reviews
Reviewed By A1940QJdeanb - McCordsville, United States
seeing the things left at the grave by previous visitors. Especially the lipstick kisses on the stone
6. Lindenwood Cemetery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 17 reviews
Reviewed By ELinsky2015 - Fort Wayne, United States
Dedicated in May 1860, Lindenwood Cemetery is an excellent example of the rural cemetery movement that swept across the United States in the mid-1800s. Contrary to how it sounds, "rural" does not indicate a country cemetery but rather a cemetery beautifully landscaped with hills, trees, and ponds that serves as both a park and a final resting place. Lindenwood was designed by John Chislett, a prominent English architect who also designed a rural cemetary in Pittsburgh; John Doswell, an English-born landscape architect and horticulturalist, actually enacted the design. Indeed, it is the first publicly landscaped grounds in the city, predating any of the city's many parks. Lindenwood arose out of demand from prominent Fort Wayne residents, who were appalled at the conditions of two former city cemeteries that had fallen into fast decay and decline. It contains the re-interred remains from these earlier cemeteries as well as fallen Civil War soldiers and many prominent historical residents. To stroll through Lindenwood is to travel through the city's past in phases as well as to glimpse a more modern era: the cemetery is still operational today. Lindenwood rural cemetery is a lovely place to take a quiet, reflective stroll, to glimpse the past, and to enjoy a beautiful setting. Situated on 175 acres of gently rolling terrain, it remains beautifully landscaped and is a prime example of landscape architecture dating from the 1860s. Here, death seems less a threat and more a gentle inevitability and reminds the visitor that history is ever a part of the present. Gates close at sundown; visitors are asked to return to their cars in the parking lot 30 minutes prior.
7. Pigeon Roost State Historic Site
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 6 reviews
8. Frances Slocum Cemetery
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1 reviews
Frances Slocum/Bundy Cemetery is the burial place of Frances Slocum, (moved from original cemetery when Mississinewa Reservoir was built). Frances Slocum, Indian name "Ma-Con-A-Quah", was a child of English descent, carried into captivity, raised and married into the Miami Indians.
9. City Cemetery
10. St. Joseph Cemetery
The ¾ scaled replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be on display with the mobile Education Center September September 19-22, 2019. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is one of the most visited memorials in our nation’s capital. The Wall will be on display at no cost to the public and is open 24 hours a day. A motorcade escort on 9-18-19 1pm and Hometown Heroes Ceremony 9-21-19 10am
