Guide · Indiana
Indiana, worth the detour.
25 hand-picked stops that never make the highway signs — the hidden gems, offbeat landmarks, and overlooked museums locals send you to, each with the story behind it and why it’s worth leaving the interstate.
Roadside Americana
4 stops in Indiana.
Mulberry tree growing from the courthouse clock tower since the 1870s; Ripley's-famous.
Fair Oaks FarmsWorking mega-dairy agritourism stop: birthing barn, Dairy/Pig Adventures, farm restaurant — the marquee I-65 stop.
Indiana Beach1926 lakeside amusement park on Lake Shafer, celebrating its centennial in 2026; seasonal.
Shipshewana Flea MarketMidwest's largest flea market (Tue-Wed, seasonal) in Amish country.
Outdoors
3 stops in Indiana.
Indiana's largest state park - ridge-top vistas, fire tower, and fall-color hollows dubbed the Little Smokies.
Falls of the Ohio State Park390-million-year-old Devonian fossil beds exposed in the riverbed below the McAlpine Dam; interpretive center.
Wolf ParkWolf research/education facility since 1972; guided visits with ambassador wolves, foxes, and bison.
Culture
16 stops in Indiana.
1911 Classical Revival courthouse with 35-foot monolithic limestone columns.
Columbus Area Visitors Center (architecture tours)Base camp for touring the modernist mecca - 90+ buildings by Saarinen, Pei, and Venturi in a town of 50,000.
Forks of the WabashMiami Nation treaty grounds and canal-era park at the confluence of the Wabash and Little rivers, in Huntington, IN.
Fort OuiatenonReconstructed blockhouse marking Indiana's first European settlement (1717); NHL preserve.
General Lew Wallace Study & MuseumThe domed 1895 study where Civil War general Lew Wallace wrote Ben-Hur, the best-selling American novel of the 19th century.
Grissom Air MuseumOutdoor lineup of 28 military aircraft, including a B-58, beside Grissom Air Reserve Base.
International Circus Hall of FameCircus winter-quarters National Historic Landmark buildings in Peru, IN, with original wagons and memorabilia from the American Circus Corporation era; open May-Oct, Wed-Sat.
Menno-HofAmish/Mennonite interpretive center explaining the communities you're driving through.
Museum at Lassen's Resort + Steamer DeweyResort-era lake museum with rides on a 1915 steamboat; 2026 season runs May-Oct (steamboat Wednesdays June 10-Sept 23).
Notre Dame GrottoLourdes grotto replica and lakeside campus walk at Notre Dame.
Rotary Jail MuseumRare surviving rotary jail - a two-story, 30-ton rotating cellblock of sixteen wedge-shaped cells; the county jail from 1881 to 1973.
RV/MH Hall of FameRV industry shrine in the RV capital; vintage trailers from 1913 on.
Studebaker National MuseumStudebaker's corporate collection: wagons to Avanti, plus presidential carriages.
T.C. Steele State Historic SiteHouse of the Singing Winds - the 1907 home, studio and gardens of Hoosier impressionist T.C. Steele, in the hills that inspired his paintings.
Tippecanoe Battlefield & Museum1811 battlefield National Historic Landmark with museum and 96-acre grounds.
Whitewater Canal State Historic SiteWorking 1840s canal town: horse-drawn boat rides, grist mill, and the only surviving covered wooden aqueduct in the US.
Food
2 stops in Indiana.
Plan the Indiana trip
Hidden gems, scenic drives, hikes — all in one Indiana guide.
See everything worth the detour in Indiana, then let Roamward build the trip around it. Know a Indiana spot we’re missing? Tell us — we’re building this with the people who actually drive it.