Sam Stall

Interstate traffic, a church in ruins, and a monster truck museum. Ask the Hoosierist.

Indiana’s basement obsession, the park where visitors must sign an “acknowledgement of danger agreement,” and more.

Exploding manhole lids, winter weather, and Humvees.

Sam Stall answers your questions about the fauna, mechanical and otherwise, stalking Indy’s streets.

As the neighborhood begins to thrive, the group hopes to avoid the gentrification that has followed artists everywhere else they have gone.

No, seriously: Whatever happened to the paperboy?

Virtual haunts, the Breaking Away TV series, and casket-making. Ask The Hoosierist.

Q: Last spring, some zoos reported that their animals “missed” having visitors. Which Indianapolis Zoo tenants seemed to suffer most? A: Since most of the zoo’s critters have spent their entire lives on lockdown, weathering a pandemic doesn’t seem like that big of a deal. And indeed it wasn’t, according to Melanie Laurendine, the Indianapolis […]

The dirty work of being a custodian has only gotten dirtier in the era of COVID-19.

Worthy mascots, the Kokomo Hum, and our limestone quarries. Ask The Hoosierist.

This handy tool, that fits easily on your keychain, will change how you come into contact with the outside world.

Tornado claims, Ball jars, and aging arcade games.

“I’m not the total a-hole that people think I am.”

Our maple syrup industry, renamed city streets, and a second Athenaeum. Ask The Hoosierist.

Indianapolis is way kinder to canines than it was just a decade ago—just look at the plethora of places you can now bring your pooch. Who’s ready to go for a walk?