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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

January 2, 2018

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.

December 27, 2017

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

October 5, 2017

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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Agritourism

The Farm at Prophetstown – Local Food 1920s Style

July 14, 2017

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

July 7, 2017

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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Authentic Indiana

Sweet Breeze Canal Boat in Fort Wayne

June 28, 2017

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

May 2, 2017

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

May 1, 2017

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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Giddy Up!—Horseback Riding at Indiana’s state parks

April 24, 2017

About five times a year, Rheba Montgomery drives from her home in Eaton, near Muncie, to O’Bannon Woods State Park to ride horses with friends and family. At three-and-a-half hours to the…

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Best Outdoor Activities

Indiana’s Waterfronts—Riverfronts, Lakeshores & Resorts

Ski Indiana—The Midwest’s Best Kept Secret

No Ocean? No Problem.

Refuse to hibernate

The Farm at Prophetstown – Local Food 1920s Style

Hit the Knobstone Trail—A walk through the woods in Southern Indiana

Sweet Breeze Canal Boat in Fort Wayne

Go RVing!—Super Size” Me, Please

Northwest Indiana Blueways

Giddy Up!—Horseback Riding at Indiana’s state parks