Jimmy’s parents sent him to live at Muscatatuck in 1952. It was a state-run institution for people with developmental disabilities, a place where parents sent children with nowhere else to go.
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Mean Streets
My old neighborhood used to be a nice little place to live. But since I moved back, rampant crime has made it a desperate, dangerous wasteland. It just took a botched burglary at a friend’s house for me to wake up and see it.
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Not on Her Watch: One Woman’s Fight to Change Indiana’s Time Zone
If time is relative, as Einstein taught the world a hundred years ago, then it is particularly so in Indiana.
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Indiana Backroads
78,000 miles of blacktop. 92 counties. Five weekend excursions. One mighty fine state.
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Ready to Ramble: 92 Trips on Indiana Backroads
There’s something to do, see, eat, or buy no matter where in the state you might find yourself.
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Top Five: Cute Country Stores
Forget Walmart and Target, these Indiana small-town country stores are thriving.
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Indiana Backroads: Southern Exposure in Vevay
Tucked between the Ohio River and some of Indiana’s best hills, historic Vevay blends artsy, country, and quirky in a culture all its own.
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Indiana Backroads: Just Like Old Times in Owen County
Owen County lets explorers encounter nature in some of its purest forms.
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Five Dynamite Drive-Ins
Getting hungry on the road? Visit one of these five drive-in diners for a blast to the past.
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Indiana Instagram Barn Gazing
Set your filter to “Willow.” Visit these rustic photogenic landmarks on your next Indiana roadtrip.
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7 Places That Might Change Hillary Clinton’s Opinion of ‘Indianoplace’
Among the emails Hillary Clinton sent as secretary of state—and recently released by the U.S. State Department—is one from 2010 in which she referred to Indianapolis as “basketball-crazed Indianoplace.”
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Jim Gaffigan on Joking for Pope Francis
“I think I might be opening for the popemobile driving in,” Gaffigan quipped in an interview with Terry Gross on NPR’s ‘Fresh Air.’
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IM Archives: The Ron Goodbye of Metta World Peace
“You could mark that night as the beginning of a period that was not good for our franchise,” says Donnie Walsh. “It really hurt us dramatically.”
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IM Archives: Jim Gaffigan, Funnyman of the People
“I’ve never eaten a Hot Pocket and then said, ‘I’m glad I ate that.’ It’s more like, ‘I’m gonna die.’”
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How to Forage Like a Pro
The best advice for spotting the “nature-to-table” ingredients local restaurants source from the great outdoors.