13 real sites worth the drive — the state capitol, battlefields, monuments, and founding-era landmarks — each with why it actually matters, not just a pin on a map.
Indiana Statehouse
Indianapolis, IN
Indianapolis's 1888 capitol, built from Indiana limestone quarried in the state's own backyard.
Get Directions →Indiana World War Memorial Plaza
Indianapolis, IN
One of the largest war memorial plazas in the country, five city blocks in downtown Indianapolis honoring Hoosiers who served.
Get Directions →Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis, IN
The Brickyard — two and a half miles of oval running since 1909.
Get Directions →Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Lincoln City, IN
The Indiana farm where Lincoln lived from age seven to twenty-one.
Get Directions →Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site
Indianapolis, IN
The 1875 Italianate home of Benjamin Harrison, from which he ran his 1888 front-porch campaign.
Get Directions →Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
Indianapolis, IN
A 284-foot monument at the center of Monument Circle, dedicated in 1902 to Indiana's Civil War soldiers.
Get Directions →USS Indianapolis National Memorial
Indianapolis, IN
A granite memorial on the Canal Walk to the crew of USS Indianapolis, sunk in 1945 after delivering parts of the atomic bomb.
Get Directions →Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial
Indianapolis, IN
Glass walls by the White River bearing the names of Medal of Honor recipients, dedicated in 1999.
Get Directions →Crown Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis, IN
One of the largest cemeteries in the country, opened in 1864, with the graves of President Benjamin Harrison and poet James Whitcomb Riley.
Get Directions →Conner Prairie
Fishers, IN
A living-history museum with an 1836 Indiana village and the home of trader and legislator William Conner.
Get Directions →James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home
Indianapolis, IN
The Lockerbie Square house where the "Hoosier Poet" lived his last 23 years, kept with its original furnishings.
Get Directions →Madam Walker Legacy Center
Indianapolis, IN
A 1927 building honoring Madam C. J. Walker, a businesswoman born to formerly enslaved parents who built a hair-care company.
Get Directions →Indiana State Museum
Indianapolis, IN
The state history and science museum in White River State Park, from Ice Age mastodons to Indiana statehood in 1816.
Get Directions →Indiana has 13 sites on our list: Indiana Statehouse, Indiana World War Memorial Plaza, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site, Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, and more — spanning state capitols, military/veteran sites, roadside americana, presidential sites.
Indiana World War Memorial Plaza in Indianapolis. A whole neighborhood built around remembering, in the middle of a working American city.
Yes — Indianapolis's 1888 capitol, built from Indiana limestone quarried in the state's own backyard. A government building made from the ground it governs — no imported materials, no shortcuts.
Crown Hill Cemetery, Indiana State Museum, Conner Prairie — hands-on history that works for a family day trip.
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