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Hamilton County Haunts and Eats

If you live in or near Hamilton County, and are in the mood for some Halloween Haunts, you’ve got a few great choices you need to check out. First there’s The Headless Horseman at Conner Prairie in Fishers. There’s a Read more >

9 Tips for Visiting the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis’ Wicked Workshop

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis’s annual haunted house and fundraiser is, for some families, a yearly tradition of Halloween fun. But if you’ve never been, it can be a bit tricky (no pun intended!) to figure out when to go Read more >

Celebrate Halloween at Indiana Zoos

Halloween is a really popular holiday, especially when you’re a parent. Suddenly, the weeks leading up to the big day revolve around debating costume choices and plotting trick or treat routes through the neighborhood. But that’s an awful lot of Read more >

Holiday World’s Halloween Weekends

Summer is certainly transitioning over to fall in just about every way. I’m daydreaming about apple orchards instead of pool days and replacing flip flops with boots. But if a visit to Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana was on Read more >

The Halloween Legend in Sleepy Irvington

Each year during the week and weekend closest to Halloween, the historic Indianapolis neighborhood of Irvington comes alive to celebrate. It’s no surprise that a neighborhood named for Washington Irving of “Legends of Sleepy Hollow” fame would take such a Read more >

Creepy Crafts, Costumes, Campsites and Campfires at Monroe Reservoir

Indiana Tourism welcomes today’s guest blogger, Jill Vance: Jill Vance is the interpretive naturalist at Monroe Reservoir, the largest lake in the state of Indiana. She has worked for Indiana State Parks and Reservoirs since 2004. Her outdoor interests include Read more >

The Headless Horseman rides again at Conner Prairie!

The Headless Horseman event comes around once a year at Conner Prairie.  Every October he comes to visit, startling visitors of Conner Prairie as they enjoy a hayride through the woods and grounds, decorated for the season.  It will run Read more >

Conner Prairie Headless Horseman Tix On Sale September 27

The Headless Horseman is returning to Conner Prairie in October (15 – 17, 21 – 24, 28 – 30), but you can buy the hotly anticipated tickets starting September 27. According to the CP press release I just received, that gives you about Read more >

Indiana Transportation Museum’s Pumpkin Train

Combine hundreds of pumpkins, the entire FFA chapter at Hamilton Heights High School and one historic train and what do you get?  The Indiana Transportation Museum’s annual Pumpkin Train, or course!  The Pumpkin Train will run from Forest Park in Read more >