Indiana
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Needs Two Roofs, Will Sell One Finger
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Featured Attractions
RV Hall of Fame
Elkhart, Indiana
Museum chronicles a century of trailers, RVs and mobile homes, in a town where they are manufactured.
Dairy Adventure at Fair Oaks Farms
Fair Oaks, Indiana
Agritourism the way it should be. Watch calves born in the Birthing Barn, see 72 cows milked by a revolving giant turntable!
Hall of Heroes Museum
Elkhart, Indiana
Backyard building based on Super Friend's Hall of Justice is where Allen Stewart preserves every superhero comic book ever published.
Backyard Roller Coasters of John Ivers
Bruceville, Indiana
The man who had to have his own thrill ride -- even though he sez he build it for the kids.
A Town Named Santa Claus
Santa Claus, Indiana
The holiday-themed burg of Santa Claus offers a number of year-round landmarks and attractions.
World's Largest Ball of Paint
Alexandria, Indiana
Painter Mike Carmichael has his singular attraction hanging on a chain as he continues to add multi-colored layers. It started as a baseball.
Ultraviolet Apocalypse
Munster, Indiana
Contemplation and surprises at the Carmelite Shrines, part of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Monastery.
Dan Quayle Center and US Vice Presidential Museum
Huntington, Indiana
James Danforth Quayle served as George H. W. Bush's VP from 1989-93. The museum's slogan is "Second to One."
Joe Palooka Statue
Oolitic, Indiana
Palooka was a Sunday comic strip character -- an honest boxer. This statue was commissioned in 1947, when the champ's popularity was at its highest.
Landmarks and Oddities List
Vacation Favorites
Notable places we've visited or heard about.
- Alexandria: World's Largest Ball of Paint [tips]
- Ashley: Smiley Face Water Tower
- Bedford: Cursed Pyramid Ruins, Land of Limestone Museum [tips], Obsessive Sign Builder [tips]
- Bruceville: Backyard Roller Coasters of John Ivers
- Buckskin: Henager Memories and Nostalgia Museum
- Chesterton: Wizard of Oz Museum [tips]
- Cloverdale: House of Bells [tips]
- Dale: Dr. Ted's Musical Marvels [tips]
- Elkhart: Hall of Heroes Museum
- Elkhart: RV Hall of Fame
- Evansville: Library Ghost [tips]
- Fairmount: James Dean Grave [tips]
- Fair Oaks: Dairy Adventure at Fair Oaks Farms
- Greensburg: Rooftop Tree [tips]
- Hammond: John Dillinger Museum
- Huntington: Dan Quayle Center and Vice Presidential Museum [tips]
- Huntington: Privvy Collection [tips]
- Jeffersonville: Hubcap Blind Justice [tips]
- Kendallville: Mid-America Windmill Museum [tips]
- Kokomo: Old Ben
- Kokomo: World's Largest Sycamore Stump
- Lafayette: Rainforest Car Wash [tips]
- Lafayette: Red Crown Museum [tips]
- Lake Village: Sundial Lady's Leg
- LaPorte: Husband Killer Exhibit [tips]
- Mentone: World's Largest Egg
- Mooresville: Gravity Hill [tips]
- Mitchell: Gus Grissom Tributes
- Muncie: Largest Collection of Mason Jars [tips]
- Munster: Ultraviolet Apocalypse
- New Castle: Giant Tennis Shoe
- Oolitic: Joe Palooka Statue
- Peru: Big Charlie display
- Santa Claus: Town Named Santa Claus
- Santa Claus: Drippy Snowman
- Santa Claus: Original Santa Claus Statue
- Santa Claus: Santa Claus Museum
- Santa Claus: Santa's Candy Castle
- Terre Haute: Stiffy Green the Bulldog
- Vincennes: Big Peach [tips]
- West Lafayette: Russian Bomber Watchtower [tips]
