A River Runs Through It—Indiana’s Riverfronts
The East Race Waterway in downtown South Bend is the first man-made whitewater rafting course built in North America.
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Indiana’s Waterfronts—Riverfronts, Lakeshores & Resorts
Contributers—Jane Ammeson, Kevin Howell, Joy Neighbors, Stephanie Nicol A new year means new opportunities for travel, and now’s the time many of us are making our annual vacation plans. Statistics…
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Ski Indiana—The Midwest’s Best Kept Secret
BY KAREN WEIK I did not grow up in Indiana, but one of the things I love about living here is finding the unexpected. Never was that truer, for this…
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No Ocean? No Problem.
By Nick Werner, DNR Staff Kelly Cochrane had been to Lake Michigan once. She was a kid with her parents, passing through northern Indiana. It was nighttime. The experience didn’t…
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Refuse to hibernate
Adventure and smaller crowds await winter visitors to Indiana’s state parks By DNR staff In Indiana, skunks, groundhogs and some bat species are among the mammals that hibernate. Humans don’t…
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The Farm at Prophetstown – Local Food 1920s Style
By Kevin Howell Situated on 95 acres amidst reclaimed Indiana prairie land in Prophetstown State Park, The Farm represents a typical 1920s Indiana homestead. It was a time when homesteaders…
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Hit the Knobstone Trail—A walk through the woods in Southern Indiana
By Amy Lynch Not much has changed along the Knobstone Trail in the past, oh, 200 million years or so. And that’s exactly why hikers love it. The Knobstone Escarpment…
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Sweet Breeze Canal Boat in Fort Wayne
Visitors to Fort Wayne can now enjoy cruising the city’s waterways in a full-size replica of an 1840s-era canal boat. The Sweet Breeze just made her maiden voyage and is…
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Go RVing!—Super Size” Me, Please
By Marshall V. King If you were to combine a commercial truck and a Class A motorhome, what you’d get is a Class C motorhome. If you trick out that…
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Northwest Indiana Blueways
By Jane Ammeson Glints of sunlight filtering through the canopy of trees sparkle on the waters of the east branch of the Little Calumet River. It ripples along through the…
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