Indianapolis, Indiana Attractions
Unusual landmarks, museums, roadside attractions, and hidden wonders in Indianapolis and the surrounding area. Brains in jars are a memorable sight at the Indiana Medical History Museum, and the World's Largest Ball of Paint looks like a brain if it's painted pink on the day you visit.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Martin and Bobby Across the Divide
Indianapolis, Indiana
Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy lean out from cutout slabs, attempting to touch hands across a sidewalk. Near this spot, while campaigning for President in 1968, Kennedy told a crowd King had been assassinated.
In and Around Indianapolis
Choice field reports and tips. Or check out: Complete list of Indiana attractions.
- Indianapolis: Indiana Medical History Museum: Brains in Jars
- Alexandria: World's Largest Ball of Paint
- Indianapolis: Big Barbecue Grill and Bronze Inventor [tips]
- Indianapolis: Coach of the Leg Lamps
- Indianapolis: Indianapolis Catacombs [tips]
- Indianapolis: Elvis Last Concert Plaque [tips]
- Indianapolis: Sleep in a Pullman Rail Car [tips]
- Indianapolis: Ann Dancing: Electronic Go-Go Dancer [tips]
- Indianapolis: Structure Man [tips]
- Indianapolis: USS Indianapolis: Sunk A-Bomb Ship Memorial [tips]
- Indianapolis: The Idle [tips]
- Indianapolis: 1968 Kennedy Gun Monument [tips]
- Indianapolis: Bizarre Murals [tips]
- Indianapolis: Martin and Bobby Across the Divide
- Indianapolis: Three Dinosaurs Breaking Out Of Children's Museum [tips]
- Indianapolis: Muffler Man: Mr. Bendo [tips]
- Indianapolis: Lonehenge: Cadillac Ranch with One Car
- Indianapolis: Statue of Liberty Museum [tips]
- Indianapolis: Artspark - Twisted House [tips]
- Carmel: Pirate Cat Memorial
- Indianapolis: Heidelberg Haus Murals [tips]
