Since all of our vacation plans have been thrown out the window due to COVID-19, it has inspired us to roam close to home for the last several months. What we’ve discovered are tons of new things to do…
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Roaming close to home is our theme these days. I’m not quite ready to take more than a day-long road trip, but definitely ready to get out of the house to explore something other than the 2-mile radius around…
Why do families love the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis? Just from the outside of the museum, you realize it must be a special place. There are three life-sized dinosaurs breaking out of the building, and two brontosauruses have found…
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Spencer County, Indiana (the South Central part of the state) is home to some important and interesting Abraham Lincoln boyhood sites to visit – and makes a perfect fall weekend with the trees turning a…
I have been to Holiday World with kids a few times (and its predecessor Santa Claus Land when I was a kid a thousand years ago), and have always had fun. I used to take my niece and nephew…
I’m an animal lover to the core – and would have a house full of critters if I could (one dog and two cats, for now…) We love to search out animal-related excursions or experiences when we’re traveling. Riding…
Lions, tigers and cougars, oh my! The Exotic Feline Rescue Center (EFRC) in Terre Haute, Indiana (about 1 hour west of Indianapolis) is one of my favorite places in the state. It’s a perfect destination for families of all…
Marengo Cave, a US National Natural Landmark, is a great cave to introduce your kids to spelunking. Southern Indiana’s limestone terrain has provided the material for many U.S. landmarks – the Lincoln Memorial, the Pentagon, Empire State Building and…
When we lived in Montreal, we visited a maple sugar shack outside the city one snowy March weekend. In the middle of a sugar maple tree grove, tin buckets hanged on all the trees, gathering sap. The “sugar shack”…
We drive up I-65 between Indy and Chicago a few times a year, and have always wondered about the Albanese Candy Factory in Merrillville. It seems that we’re always in a hurry to get to Chicago or come home…