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Future Birthplace of Captain Janeway
Bloomington, Indiana
Captain Kathryn Janeway of the starship Voyager will be born here on May 20, 2336.
America's First Santa Statue
Santa Claus, Indiana
22 feet tall, unveiled in December 1935, this yuletide giant is the lone survivor of an attraction named Santa Claus Park.
Sights for Oddball Excursions
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.
RV Museum and Hall of Fame
Elkhart, Indiana
Museum chronicles a century of trailers, RVs and mobile homes, in a town where they are manufactured.
Dan Quayle 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."
Indiana Medical History Museum: Brains in Jars
Indianapolis, Indiana
Highlights include a real autopsy room and a room filled with brains in jars. Abby Normal!
Old Ben, World's Largest Steer
Kokomo, Indiana
A 2.5-ton steer named Old Ben, dead over a century, but preserved behind glass.
Birdhouse Paradise of Bill Larkin
Loogootee, Indiana
He filled the yard of his geodesic dome home with thousands of hand-painted birdhouses.
Ultraviolet Apocalypse
Munster, Indiana
Contemplation and surprises at the Carmelite Shrines, part of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Monastery.
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.
Hall of Heroes Superhero Museum
Elkhart, Indiana
Allen Stewart claims to have the largest comic book and superhero memorabilia collection in the world.
Giant Santa
Evansville, Indiana
35 feet tall, formerly welcomed all good boys and good girls to a truck stop (demolished). Abandoned, then saved, fully restored, and set up in a new location in September 2016.
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!
Coach of the Leg Lamps
Indianapolis, Indiana
Bronze sculpture of basketball coach John Wooden shows him crouched in a huddle, surrounded by five pairs of disembodied human legs.
World's Largest Sycamore Stump
Kokomo, Indiana
Formerly the world's largest sycamore tree. Still an impressive attraction.
Virgil I. Gus Grissom Memorial Museum
Mitchell, Indiana
America's hard luck spaceman finally got some recognition, but only after he was dead.
Corey the Ice House Giant
New Castle, Indiana
A towering, thickly-clothed man painted in cool blue shades, appropriate for the mascot of a bar named Old Ice House Tavern.
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.
Three White Men Hanged For Killing Indians
Pendleton, Indiana
A bluntly worded stone marker actually preserves a happy moment in Indiana history, when killing Indians became a capital crime.
Santa's Candy Castle
Santa Claus, Indiana
Restored and revived portion of Santa Claus Town, a never-completed 1930s mega-Christmas-themed attraction. Now a full-time candy shop.
Santa Claus Museum
Santa Claus, Indiana
Bits of the holiday-themed town's history are exhibited, including the typewriter on which Santa wrote all of his notes to good little boys and girls.
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- Alexandria: World's Largest Ball of Paint
- Auburn: National Automotive and Truck Museum of the United States
- Battle Ground: Prophet's Rock [tips]
- Bloomington: Big Brain with Smart Lighting [tips]
- Bloomington: Future Birthplace of Captain Janeway
- Brazil: Champ: 24-Foot-Tall Great Dane [tips]
- Brookston: Indian Muffler Man [tips]
- Bruceville: Home of the Big Peach [tips]
- Bruceville: Backyard Roller Coasters of John Ivers
- Clarksville: Concrete Statue Factory [tips]
- Columbus: Limestone Pillars - Veterans Memorial [tips]
- Corydon: Constitution Elm - Historic Stump [tips]
- Corydon: Indiana Caverns [tips]
- Crawfordsville: Rotary Jail That Still Rotates [tips]
- Dupont: Micrometer Grave Marker [tips]
- Elkhart: RV Museum and Hall of Fame
- Elkhart: Hall of Heroes Superhero Museum
- Evansville: Giant Santa
- Evansville: World War II Navy LST [tips]
- Fair Oaks: Dairy Adventure at Fair Oaks Farms
- Fort Wayne: Hanson Quarry Observation Deck [tips]
- Fortville: Martini-Drinking Pink Elephant [tips]
- Franklin: Big John: Former World's Largest Rocking Chair [tips]
- Fremont: Stand on Three States: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio [tips]
- French Lick: Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Diorama [tips]
- Greencastle: WWII V-1 German Buzz Bomb [tips]
- Hammond: Pole Licker Statue: A Christmas Story [tips]
- Huntington: Dan Quayle Vice Presidential Museum
- Indianapolis: Indiana Medical History Museum: Brains in Jars
- Indianapolis: Muffler Man - Mr. Bendo [tips]
- Indianapolis: Elvis Last Concert Plaque [tips]
- Indianapolis: Coach of the Leg Lamps
- Jasper: Geode Grotto of Father Sztuczko [tips]
- Jeffersonville: 20-Foot-Tall Metal Woman: "I Am Your Mother" [tips]
- Kokomo: World's Largest Sycamore Stump
- Kokomo: Old Ben, World's Largest Steer
- Kokomo: KokoMantis, 17-Foot-Tall Bug [tips]
- LaPorte: Belle "Black Widow" Gunness Exhibit [tips]
- Lincoln City: Bronzed Foundation of Lincoln's Cabin [tips]
- Logansport: Insane Asylum Museum [tips]
- Loogootee: Birdhouse Paradise of Bill Larkin
- Marengo: Marengo Cave
- Mauckport: Squire Boone Caverns and Bones [tips]
- Milltown: Shoe Tree [tips]
- Mitchell: Virgil I. Gus Grissom Memorial Museum
- Mitchell: Gus Grissom Rocket Monument
- Mitchell: Painting of the Gus Grissom Rocket Monument
- Montpelier: Muffler Man Indian: Parks & Recreation [tips]
- Muncie: Muffler Man [tips]
- Muncie: 25-Foot-Tall Paul Bunyan [tips]
- Munster: Ultraviolet Apocalypse
- Munster: Man Sits on Giant Typewriter
- New Castle: Corey the Ice House Giant
- Oolitic: Joe Palooka Statue
- Otisco: 15 Acres of Concrete Statuary [tips]
- Pendleton: Three White Men Hanged For Killing Indians
- Peru: Big Charley the Elephant
- Peru: Grissom Air Museum [tips]
- Richmond: Double Decker Bus Inside Restaurant [tips]
- Richmond: Save the Cat! Fire Mural [tips]
- Roselawn: Giant Lady's Leg Sundial
- Santa Claus: Santa's Candy Castle
- Santa Claus: America's First Santa Statue
- Santa Claus: Santa Claus Museum
- Smithville: Baker's Junction Railroad Museum [tips]
- South Bend: Studebaker Museum: Lincoln Carriage of Doom [tips]
- St Joe: Famous Indiana Wooden People [tips]
- St. John: Shrine of Christ's Passion and Millennium Mary
- Toto: Muffler Man - Indian [tips]
- Valparaiso: Orville Redenbacher, King of Popcorn
- Valparaiso: Daisy the Stuffed Dog
- Vincennes: Uncle Sam Statue [tips]
- Vincennes: Indiana Military Museum [tips]
- West Lafayette: Russian Bomber Watchtower and Monument [tips]
- Whiteland: Garden of Gas Station Signs [tips]
- Whiting: Mascot Hall of Fame