Lake Manitou Monster (Rochester, Fulton The Grave in the Road (Franklin, Johnson Co.) Co.) Reportedly over 30-ft long with the head Nancy Barnett’s relatives defended her grave with and neck of a horse, this “Nessie” scared a shotgun, so the state built the road around her. Native Americans and pioneers alike. The Ruins (Indianapolis, Marion Co.) Once Museum of Psychphonics (Indianapolis, adorning a New York skyscraper, these Marion Co.) A modern-day wunderkammer reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park. dedicated to Indianapolis history, Afrotourism, and musical vibrations. Tree in the Clocktower (Greensburg, Decatur Co.) For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree Naked Leg Sundial (Roselawn, Jasper Co.) growing out the top of the county courthouse. Time is told in a skin-baring way at one of Roselawn’s two nudist colonies. Two-Headed Calf (Peru, Miami Co.) This taxidermied bovine does not even scratch Rose Island (Charlestown, Clark Co.) Old Ben (Kokomo, Howard Co.) The world’s the surface of the Miami County Historical Ruined pieces of stone and a swimming largest steer was born, raised, and taxidermied Society’s collection of oddities. pool are all that remains of an amusement in all of his posterity in Howard County. park that was swept away in a fl ood. White Lick Creek Bridge (Avon, Hendricks Co.) Old Jail Inn (Rockville, Parke Co.) Possibly the only This Hendricks County bridge has reportedly Rotary Jail (Crawfordsville, Montgomery place where you can spend the night in a jail cell been haunted since construction, when a worker Co.) The fi rst spinning jail built in the United because you want to, not because you have to. fell into a pylon being fi lled with cement. States and the only one that still turns. Orville Redenbacher (Valparaiso, Porter Who North America (Camby, Hendricks Rubber Horse (Indianapolis, Marion Co.) Co.) The King of Popcorn sits forever on a Co.) One of the largest collections of Recycled tires create the equestrian on the bench in Valparaiso’s downtown park. merchandise for the British sci-fi show can corner of Prospect and New Jersey. be found smack in the center of Indiana. Outhouse Collection (Huntington, Huntington Co.) Schenck Mansion (Vevay, Switzerland Co.) A private collection of pit toilets was donated to Gray Lady in the Library (Evansville, On the National Register of Historic Places, a local nature preserve by a civic-minded citizen Vanderburgh Co.) The Willard Library’s this 1874 mansion is reportedly haunted. and displayed outdoors where they belong. Lady in Gray is so notorious, there is a web cam set up to catch her presence. Seashell Chapel (Terre Haute, Vigo Co.) This shrine Paul Bunyan Statue (Muncie, Delaware to St. Anne on the grounds of Saint-Mary-of-the- Co.) Paul stands 25-ft tall as the mascot Ferris Wheel Bridge (Te t, Jasper Co.) Woods College is made entirely of seashells. of a dive named Timber’s. Dunn’s Bridge is reportedly built from the remnants of the world’s fi rst Ferris wheel, Shoe Corner (St. John, Lake Co.) This Table of Elements (Greencastle, Putnam lucky street corner is a magnet for tossed built for the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. Co.) Display that gathers the elements of shoes, both pairs and singles. the universe in one convenient location. World’s Largest Ball of Paint (Alexandria, AN INDIANA SCAVENGER HUNT Madison Co.) Visitors are encouraged Shoe Tree (Milltown, Crawford Co.) This large Pink Elephant (Fortville, Hancock Co.) The maple is adorned with hundreds of pairs of to contribute to this roadside attraction bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is shoes—supposedly even Larry Bird’s. that is exactly what it sounds like. a strange but fi tting liquor store mascot. (Mentone, Kosciusko Stone Head (Stone Head, Brown Co.) World’s Largest Egg POW Chapel (Franklin, Johnson Co.) A chapel A carved roadside marker from 1851 Co.) An appropriate attraction for a town that built by Italian POWs during WWII tells a gave its name to an entire town. calls itself the “egg basket of the Midwest.” forgotten story of war on the home front. (Amity, Johnson Co.) This Studebaker Trees (South Bend, St. Giant Rocking Chair Purple Head Bridge (Vincennes, Knox Co.) Joseph Co.) The world’s largest living piece of furniture fi t for a giant is accompanied Local lore says this bridge is haunted by the advertisement is made of pine trees. by an equally large chest of drawers. disembodied head of a Native American shaman. (Kokomo, Story Inn (Nashville, Brown Co.) Fine dining World’s Largest Sycamore Stump Reno Gang Graves (Seymour, Jackson in an 1851 country inn, supposedly haunted. Howard Co.) So large it cannot be properly Co.) The lynching and burial site of seen in a photo, you’ll have to visit this America’s fi rst train robbers. Beast of Churubusco (Churubusco, Allen piece of arboreal history in person. Co.) Thought the legendary monster turtle was never captured, “Oscar” did inspire the annual “Turtle Days” festival. Chainsaw Garden (Hardinsburg, Washington Dollhouse Graves (Connersville, Fayette Co.) Some people plant rosebushes, Co.) Five-year-old Vivian Allison’s grave The True Stranger some people plant chainsaws. Let’s hope is marked by a fully furnished dollhouse, Things in Indiana Leatherface never travels SR 66. complete with a miniature Mona Lisa. Christina the Skunk Lady (Howe, LaGrange Co.) At Elizabeth Finnern’s Grave (Bedford, Lawrence the turn of the last century, Howe’s most famous Co.) Elizabeth Finnern was so devoted to her While we can’t point you toward Hawkins, Indiana eccentric lived in a shack with cats, dogs, guinea husband that she refused to let war separate (because there’s no such place), we can direct pigs, chickens, lizards, and her beloved skunks. them. She disguised herself as a man and you to the real-life “Stranger Things” you should fought alongside him in the Union Army for City Market Catacombs (Indianapolis, Marion visit in Indiana. And don’t worry, there aren’t any six months before being discovered. Co.) The Indianapolis catacombs don’t demogorgons on the list. Have fun! contain bones or crypts, but scores of brick Family Tree Gravestones (Lafayette, barrel-vaulted arches that remain from the Tippecanoe Co.) The symbolism is clear— basement of what was Tomlinson Hall. families grow, seed, and die, just like families. Healing Palindrome (New Harmony, Posey Co.) A mysterious semicircle of concrete Check all the locations you’ve visited. Constitution Elm (Corydon, Harrison Co.) Flick Statue (Hammond, Lake Co.) The A This preserved stump marks where pioneer Christmas Story favorite is immortalized shapes installed in this Indiana town statesmen drafted Indiana’s constitution fulfi lling the “triple dog dare.“ tell a story when pieced together. under the shade of a mighty elm tree. Mudlavia Resort (Carbondale, Warren Geode Grotto (Jasper, Dubois Co.) Sitting on Hell’s Gate (Diamond, Parke Co.) Seven tunnels Co.) What was once a fi ve-star hotel Crown Hill Cemetery (Indianapolis, Marion four city blocks in Jasper and based on the in Parke County that loom large in local lore. and resort with “healing waters” is now Co.) Indianapolis’ most famous cemetery dates Grotto of Lourdes, this shrine literally sparkles. (Indianapolis, Marion Co.) mere ruins in the Indiana countryside. to the Civil War and o ers historic tours. Veal’s Ice Tree Giant Candle (Centerville, Wayne Co.) The Powdered food coloring and water have created Earhart Haunts Hangar 1 (West Lafayette, World’s Largest Candle is found at the this seasonal 80-ft attraction since 1961. Tippecanoe Co.) Amelia Earhart is said to Warm Glow Candle Factory on I-70. (Indianapolis, Marion haunt Purdue Airport’s Hangar 1, where she Medical History Museum Co.) The oldest freestanding pathology building worked on her Lockheed Electra before Giant Peach (Bruceville, Knox Co.) Those in the US interprets the scientifi c medicine the doomed fl ight around the world. with mighty appetites may be disappointed, for the produce sold at the Giant Peach’s of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Backyard Roller Coaster (Bruceville, Knox roadside stand is all normal size. (Marion, Grant Co.) Kiss Co.) Call ahead to take a Saturday ride on the James Dean’s Grave the grave of Hollywood’s 1950s rebel heartthrob, “Blue Flash,” Jon Ivers’ homemade creation. Hannah House (Indianapolis, Marion Co.) This stop on the Underground Railroad is then drive into town to view Dean memorabilia. Backyard Watchtower (Cairo, Tippecanoe said to be haunted by the spirits of slaves (Oolitic, Lawrence Co.) Co.) This monument honors the Ground who perished in a basement fi re. Joe Palooka The comic book hero is immortalized Observation Corps, who spent the 1950s in a 10-ft limestone statue. scanning the skies for Russian planes or missiles. Tippecanoe Battle Field (Battle Ground, Tippecanoe Co.) William Henry Harrison, John Dillinger’s Grave (Indianapolis, Marion Berne Clock Tower (Berne, Adams Co.) Catch Tecumseh, and the Prophet squared o Co.) The notorious gangster’s grave is a popular old-world charm and a glockenspiel presentation at this National Historic Landmark. attraction at Indianapolis’ Crown Hill cemetery. daily at this Adams County landmark. Johnny Appleseed’s Grave (Fort Wayne, Allen Brain Sculpture (Bloomington, Monroe Co.) Dan Patch 1:55 (Oxford, Benton Co.) Co.) The real-life folk hero is buried in Fort Wayne The world’s largest anatomically correct brain America’s most famous athlete in the fi rst and lent his headwear to the local baseball team. statue is made entirely of Indiana limestone. decade of the 20th century ran the mile in 1:55, a record that stood for over 30 years. Jug Rock (Shoals, Martin Co.) The Bristol Opera House (Bristol, Elkhart Co.) The He was born in a Benton County stable. largest freestanding table rock formation current home of the Elkhart Civic Theatre east of the Mississippi River. dates back to 1897 and is reportedly haunted. Dog Face Bridge (San Pierre, Starke Co.) Urban legends surround this bridge, originating from Knightridge Observatory (Bloomington, Bulletproof Police Booth (Goshen, Elkhart a car accident claiming both woman and dog. Monroe Co.) Buried in the Indiana wilderness, Co.) Goshen prepared for a visit from John this abandoned telescope dome is astronomy’s Dillinger that never came with this structure answer to the eerie backwoods shack. still standing in front of the courthouse.