Indiana Attractions and Oddities
All the weird attractions, hidden sights, and unusual places in Indiana. Visitor Tips, news, stories, field reports. City roadtrip recommendations: Indianapolis
Also see: Gone But Not Forgotten - Closed classic attractions
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Acton: Veal's Ice Tree
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Albany: Shoe Tree
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Albion: Diehl's Jalopy Junction
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Alexandria: World's Largest Ball of Paint
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Anderson: Frisch's Big Boy Statue
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Anderson: Half-Buried Cars and Dinosaurs
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Anderson: Nestle Quick Bunny Sign
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Anderson: The Walking Man Project
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Anderson: Uranus Fudge Factory
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Angola: Sojourner Truth Statue
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Arlington: Marker: Plane Crash in a Cemetery
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Ashley: Smiley Face Water Tower
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Auburn: Duesenberg Museum
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Auburn: Early Ford V-8 Foundation Museum
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Auburn: National Automotive and Truck Museum
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Aurora: Abandoned Building Murals
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Aurora: Buried in her Cadillac
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Avon: Haunted Bridge
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Bargersville: Soccer Ball Rock
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Bass Lake: Large Fish Head
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Batesville: German Cuckoo Clock Tower
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Batesville: Weberding's Carved Holy Family
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Battle Ground: Prophet's Rock
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Battle Ground: Wolf Park - Wolf Kisses
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Bedford: Foote's Tomb Junk Art
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Berne: Giant Swiss Clock Tower
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Bloomfield: World's Largest Tire Jack
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Bloomington: 1910 U.S. Population Center
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Bloomington: Aristicat
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Bloomington: Big Brain with Smart Lighting
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Bloomington: Future Birthplace of Captain Janeway
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Bluffton: 1930s Concrete Bear and Tree
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Bowling Green: Clayshire Castle
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Brazil: Champ: 24-Foot-Tall Great Dane
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Brazil: Gift from Brazil to Brazil
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Bruceville: Giant Coke Bottle
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Bruceville: Home of the Big Peach
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Buckskin: Henager Memories and Nostalgia Museum
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Bunker Hill: Big Chair
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Butler: International Monster Truck Museum
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Camby: Doctor Who Store, Mini-Museum
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Cannelton: World's Largest Celtic Cross Carved From Single Rock
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Carmel: Pirate Cat Memorial
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Centerville: World's Largest Candle
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Churubusco: Monster Turtle of Fulk Lake
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Clarksville: Colgate Clock - 2nd Largest Timepiece in the World
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Clarksville: Concrete Statue Factory
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Clarksville: Rosie the Riveter Photo-Op
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Clarksville: Shake, Buddy! Lewis and Clark
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Clarksville: Upended Cadillac With Mannequin
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Cloverdale: House Of Bells
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Columbus: Limestone Pillars - Veterans Memorial
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Columbus: World's Largest Toilet
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Connersville: Vivian's Dollhouse Grave
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Corydon: Childhood Home of Hazzard Sheriff Rosco
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Corydon: Constitution Elm - Historic Stump
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Corydon: Indiana Caverns
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Crawfordsville: Rotary Jail That Rotates
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Crown Point: Dillinger Jail
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Crown Point: Pencil Collection, Odd Dummies
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Dale: Birthplace of Florence Henderson
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Dale: Dr. Ted's Musical Marvels Museum
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Dana: Ernie Pyle World War II Museum
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Danville: Mayberry Cafe - Andy Griffith Tribute
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Decatur: Teddy Bear Trees and Rocket
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Delphi: Metal Dinosaur, Big Chicken
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Dupont: Micrometer Grave Marker
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Dyer: Monument To "The Ideal Section" Of The Lincoln Highway
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Elberfeld: Yard Full of Model Airplanes
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Elkhart: Hall of Heroes Superhero Museum
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Elkhart: RV Museum and Hall of Fame
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Ellettsville: Big Crayon and Pencil
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Evansville: A League of Their Own: Movie Ballpark
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Evansville: Giant Santa
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Evansville: Grave of a Gypsy Queen
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Evansville: Haunted Library
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Evansville: Kids' Private Jet
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Evansville: Retro Sign Collection
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Evansville: World War II Navy LST
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Fair Oaks: Dairy Adventure at Fair Oaks Farms
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Fairmount: James Dean Gallery
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Fairmount: James Dean and Jim Davis Exhibits
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Fairmount: James Dean's Grave
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Fairmount: Tree with Car and Bicycles
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Farmersburg: Tiny Church - Taylor Prayer Chapel
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Fort Wayne: 27-Foot-Tall Blue Skinned Deity
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Fort Wayne: Falling Bread Billboard
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Fort Wayne: First Professional Baseball Game
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Fort Wayne: Giant Bowling Pin
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Fort Wayne: Hanson Quarry Observation Deck
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Fort Wayne: Jets!
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Fort Wayne: Johnny Appleseed's Grave
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Fort Wayne: Mastodon on Campus
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Fort Wayne: Monument to Birdboy
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Fort Wayne: Scrap Metal Mariachi Band
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Fort Wayne: Sit with Johnny Appleseed
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Fort Wayne: Teen Lincoln and his Dog
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Fortville: Martini-Drinking Pink Elephant
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Franklin: Big John: Former World's Largest Rocking Chair
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Franklin: Grave in the Middle of the Road
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Franklin: Sit with Ben Franklin
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Freedom: Kayaker on Roof
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Fremont: Stand on Three States: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio
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French Lick: Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Diorama
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Gary: Birthplace of Michael Jackson
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Gary: Fusion: Steel Workers and Fairies
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Gas City: Oil Derrick Street Signs
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Goshen: Bulletproof Anti-Gangster Pillbox
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Goshen: McDonald's Castle
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Greencastle: Periodic Display of the Elements
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Greencastle: WWII V-1 German Buzz Bomb
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Greenfield: Lobby Display of Big Game Taxidermy
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Greensburg: Tree on the Courthouse Roof
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Greentown: Pocket Watch Grave
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Hammond: Pole Licker Statue: A Christmas Story
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Hanover Township: Shoe Corner
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Hardinsburg: Chainsaw Garden
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Harlan: Double Parking Meter Tombstone
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Haubstadt: Martini-Drinking Pink Elephant
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Haubstadt: Weather Rock and Animal Statues
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Holland: Dutch-Style Windmill
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Huntertown: Extraterrestrial Machines
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Huntingburg: A League of Their Own: Movie Ballpark
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Huntington: Dan Quayle Vice Presidential Museum
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Huntington: Sumner B. Sheets Museum of Wildlife
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Huntington: T-33 Jet Fighter - Military Park
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Indianapolis: 1968 Kennedy Gun Monument
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Indianapolis: Ann Dancing: Electronic Go-Go Dancer
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Indianapolis: Artspark - Twisted House
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Indianapolis: Big Barbecue Grill and Bronze Inventor
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Indianapolis: Big Comb Bike Rack
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Indianapolis: Big Cow
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Indianapolis: Bizarre Murals
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Indianapolis: Coach of the Leg Lamps
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Indianapolis: Duckpin Bowling
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Indianapolis: Elvis Last Concert Plaque
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Indianapolis: Galyan's Bear
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Indianapolis: Glow-in-the-Dark Lincoln Head
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Indianapolis: Heidelberg Haus Murals
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Indianapolis: Indiana Medical History Museum: Brains in Jars
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Indianapolis: Indianapolis Catacombs
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Indianapolis: KISS Kittens Mural
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Indianapolis: Large Bowling Pins
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Indianapolis: Lonehenge: Cadillac Ranch with One Car
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Indianapolis: Martin and Bobby Across the Divide
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Indianapolis: Muffler Man: Mr. Bendo
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Indianapolis: Pyramids of the Future
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Indianapolis: Seated Waving Lincoln Statue
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Indianapolis: Sleep in a Pullman Rail Car
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Indianapolis: Statue of Liberty Museum
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Indianapolis: Structure Man
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Indianapolis: Superhero Window Man
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Indianapolis: The Idle
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Indianapolis: Three Dinosaurs Breaking Out Of Children's Museum
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Indianapolis: USS Indianapolis: Sunk A-Bomb Ship Memorial
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Indianapolis: Workers Memorial Statue
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Jasper: Geode Grotto of Father Sztuczko
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Jasper: Giant Popcorn Box
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Jeffersonville: 20-Foot-Tall Metal Woman: "I Am Your Mother"
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Jeffersonville: Vintage Fire Museum
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Kendallville: Fake Old Gas Station
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Kendallville: Froggy Forest Mural
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Kendallville: Mid-America Windmill Museum
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Kokomo: First Automobile Voyage by Horseless Carriage
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Kokomo: KokoMantis, 17-Foot-Tall Bug
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Kokomo: Monument to First Trip by Car
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Kokomo: Old Ben, World's Largest Steer
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Kokomo: Story Book Express - Fairytale Convenience Store
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Kokomo: Willie the Whale
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Kokomo: World's Largest Sycamore Stump
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Kouts: Flying A Service Station
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La Porte: Belle Gunness: Butcher of La Porte
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LaGrange: Windmill Water Tower
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Lafayette: Farm Family Sculpture
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Lafayette: Red Crown Mini-Museum
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Lafayette: Site of First Successful Caesarean in Indiana
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Lake Station: Elephant and Hippie Rhinoceros
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Lake Station: Ruben's Giant Hobo
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Larwill: Metal Knight
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Lawrenceburg: Peggy the Flying Red Horse
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Liberty: Ears of Corn Propane Tanks
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Ligonier: Pumpkin Fantasy Land
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Lincoln City: Bronzed Foundation of Lincoln's Cabin
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Logansport: Big Bull Statue #1
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Logansport: Big Bull Statue #2
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Logansport: Insane Asylum Museum
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Madison: Bowling Ball Rosary in a Graveyard
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Madison: Miniature Statue Of Liberty
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Marengo: Marengo Cave
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Marion: James Dean Born Here
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Markle: Smiley Face Water Tower
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Mauckport: Squire Boone Caverns and Bones
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Medora: Longest Historic Covered Bridge in the USA
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Mentone: World's Largest Egg
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Merrillville: Grave of the Wienermobile's Little Oscar
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Metamora: Possible Largest Collection of Cookie Jars
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Michigan City: Share the Street with a Train
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Middlebury: Das Dutchman Essenhaus
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Middlebury: Giant Mushroom
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Milltown: Shoe Tree
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Mitchell: Gus Grissom Boyhood Home Museum
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Mitchell: Gus Grissom Rocket Monument
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Mitchell: Painting of the Gus Grissom Rocket Monument
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Mitchell: Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom Memorial Museum
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Monon: Dine Among the Railroad Collectibles
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Monon: Silo Face
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Monroeville: Four Presidents Corners
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Monticello: Replica of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
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Montpelier: Ice Cream Giant: Parks & Recreation
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Montpelier: Jet on a Playground
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Montpelier: Muffler Man Indian: Parks & Recreation
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Mooresville: Gravity Hill
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Mount Vernon: Kitchen Canister Grain Bins
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Muncie: 1950s Hobby Shop - National Model Aviation Museum
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Muncie: 25-Foot-Tall Paul Bunyan
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Muncie: Bob Ross Experience
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Muncie: Muffler Man
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Muncie: Native American Playing a Flute
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Muncie: Sheet Metal Man
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Munster: Big Rusty Indian, Farmer, Steelworker
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Munster: Howie the Quality Meats Bull
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Munster: Man Sits on Giant Typewriter
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Munster: Megachurch Last Supper
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Munster: Ultraviolet Apocalypse
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Nashville: 1905 U.S. Population Center
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Needmore: Cursed Pyramid Ruins
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New Albany: Fork in the Road
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New Albany: Head-Butting Buffalo
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New Albany: Lady Tron's Diner
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New Castle: Big Shoe
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New Castle: Car-Sized Sneaker
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New Castle: Corey the Ice House Giant
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New Harmony: 8-Legged Calf
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New Harmony: Footprints of the Archangel Gabriel
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New Salisbury: Man in a Box
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Nineveh: Chapel Built by WWII Enemy POWs
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North Judson: Large Ice Cream Cone
- North Vernon: Horse-Drawn Hearse in a Gazebo
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Oldenburg: 70-Foot-High German Maypole
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Oolitic: Joe Palooka Statue
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Osgood: Bilby Tower
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Osgood: Rusty Metal Sculptures
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Ossian: Gigantic Minion Silo
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Otisco: 15 Acres of Concrete Statuary
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Oxford: Birthplace of Dan Patch, Famous Harness Racing Horse
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Pendleton: Marker: Abolitionists Mobbed Here
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Pendleton: Three White Men Hanged For Killing Indians
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Peru: Barn with Semi Truck Shingle Roof
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Peru: Big Charley the Elephant
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Peru: Business of Cast Metal Oddities
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Peru: Grissom Air Museum
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Peru: International Circus Hall of Fame
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Peru: Miami County Museum Oddities
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Phlox: POW Camp: MIA Tower
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Plainfield: Giant Bony Fish
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Plymouth: Chief Menominee, Trail of Death
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Plymouth: Half-Buried Ford Mustang
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Plymouth: Restored Mobil Gas Station
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Poseyville: Taxidermy Decor
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Richmond: Big Cross
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Richmond: Double Decker Bus Inside Restaurant
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Richmond: Giant Chair
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Richmond: Highest Point in Indiana
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Richmond: Madonna of the Trail
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Richmond: Save the Cat! Fire Mural
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Rockport: Lincoln Landing
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Roselawn: Giant Lady's Leg Sundial
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Rushville: Grave of Wendell Willkie
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Rushville: Lova's Dollhouse Grave
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Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: Shell Chapel: Tiny Church
- Santa Claus: A Town Named Santa Claus
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Santa Claus: America's First Santa Statue
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Santa Claus: Drippy Snowman
- Santa Claus: Every Day is Christmas - Town Named Santa Claus
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Santa Claus: Holiday World
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Santa Claus: Santa Claus Museum
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Santa Claus: Santa's Candy Castle
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Scottsburg: Purple Dragon
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Seymour: Freeman Army Airfield Museum
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Seymour: Graves of America's First Train Robbers
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Seymour: John Mellencamp Mural
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Shelbyville: Little Balser and His Bears
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Shirley: Baker Man Statue
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Shoals: Jug Rock
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Smithville: Baker's Junction Railroad Museum
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Solsberry: America's Longest Railroad Trestle, Formerly
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South Bend: Studebaker Museum: Lincoln Carriage of Doom
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South Bend: Touchdown Jesus
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South Bend: Trees Spell "Studebaker"
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South Whitley: Prancing Ponies
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Spencer: Big Pig, Bear, Gorilla
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Spencer: Giant Chicken
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St Joe: Famous Indiana Wooden People
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St. John: Shrine of Christ's Passion and Millennium Mary
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Swayzee: Garfield the Cat, Basketball King
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Terre Haute: Birthplace of the Coke Bottle Mural
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Terre Haute: Larry Bird Statue
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Terre Haute: Marker: Birthplace of the Coke Bottle
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Terre Haute: Santa's Sacrifice Monument
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Terre Haute: Stiffy Green the Bulldog
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Terre Haute: Stiffy Green's Mausoleum
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Terre Haute: Yellow Boot, Steer, Swamp Monster
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Toto: Muffler Man - Indian
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Troy: Shoe Tree
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Underwood: Pigeon Roost Massacre Site
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Union City: Hang on Sloopy Meets the Amish
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Valparaiso: Daisy the Stuffed Dog
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Valparaiso: Howie the Big Bull
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Valparaiso: Industrial Revolution Restaurant
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Valparaiso: Orville Redenbacher, King of Popcorn
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Versailles: Paulhenge
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Vevay: 80-Foot-High Flood Poles
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Vevay: Giant Rubber Ducky
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Vincennes: Big Pencil
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Vincennes: Indiana Military Museum
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Vincennes: Muffler Car Parts Man
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Vincennes: Newsboy Red Skelton
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Vincennes: Peter Toth Carving of Chief Tecumseh
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Vincennes: Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy
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Vincennes: Uncle Sam Statue
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Wabash: Bumble Bee
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Wabash: Civil War Doctor Home
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Wabash: First Electrically Lighted City in the World
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Wabash: Metal Hulk
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Wabash: Optimus Prime
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Wabash: Star Wars Walkers
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Warren: Big Rooster
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West Lafayette: Fallen Soldier Sculpture
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West Lafayette: Moonprints and Statue of Neil Armstrong
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West Lafayette: Russian Bomber Watchtower and Monument
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West Lafayette: VOSS Model: Solar System Spiral
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West Lafayette: World's Largest Boilermaker Statue
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Whiteland: Garden of Gas Station Signs
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Whiting: Mascot Hall of Fame
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Winchester: Our Jonnie Gravestone
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Worthington: Stump of Former Largest Sycamore Limb
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Zionsville: Antique Fan Museum
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Zionsville: Yard Art Extravaganza
Gone But Not Forgotten
Closed and extinct places -- the classics and the quirky. A virtual revisit, even if it's just to milk them for one more chuckle...
- Auburn: Batmobile on a Pole
- Auburn: Kruse Museums and Expo Center
- Barnard: Giant Sling Shot
- Bedford: Ed's Ghost Town
- Bedford: Mel Kenyon, King of the Midget Car Racers
- Bedford: Obsessive Sign Builder
- Bedford: Osama Bin Bigfoot
- Bowling Green: Barn House
- Brookston: Indian Muffler Man
- Bruceville: Backyard Roller Coasters of John Ivers
- Chesterton: Wizard of Oz Festival
- Corydon: Butt Drugs
- Crown Point: John Dillinger Museum
- Crown Point: World's Largest Tooth
- Evansville: Shoe Tree
- Evansville: Wilson The Turkey - Deceased
- Franklin: Jesus Crucified On A Barn
- Gary: Frank-N-Stein
- Greenwood: Sodom's Shadow
- Helmsburg: Sock Factory Tour
- Hortonville: Big Hippo
- Hudson: Dine in a Bank John Dillinger Robbed
- Huntington: Tel-Hy Nature Preserve Privy Collection
- Indianapolis: American Super Heroes Museum
- Indianapolis: Large Bull Statue
- Lafayette: Meals Delivered by Model Train
- Lafayette: Rainforest Car Wash
- Lake Station: Frankenmuffler Mutant
- Linton: SF Writer's Pylon of Solitude
- Logansport: Giant Rooster
- Loogootee: Birdhouse Paradise of Bill Larkin
- Merrillville: Piatak Meats Cow
- Morgantown: Brown County Railroad Museum
- Muncie: Philip Robinson Fruit Jar Museum
- Muncie: Rooftop Needle and Thread
- Noblesville: Wendell Hansen's Bible Birds
- Plainfield: Meals Delivered by Train
- Princeton: Castle Car Wash
- Reynoldsburg: Atomic Park
- Sardinia: Chrome Hubcaps Fence
- Shipshewana: World's Largest Hudson Car Collection
- South Bend: Pink Elephant
- Terre Haute: Giant Bowling Pin
- Unionville: Gobbler's Rock-in-Tree
- Valparaiso: Obsessed Sign Builder
- Vincennes: Hall of Hollywood Hoosiers
- Warsaw: Retro Foodliner Sign
- Wolf Lake: Luckey Hospital Museum