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Grow your ode to the bearded state! As Fishers shop Vardagen reminded us with “The Bearded State” tee, we’ve compiled our Indiana Beard Hall of Fame.

On the strength of groundbreaking faculty and famous alumni, Herman B Wells makes Indiana University into an academic powerhouse. The ripple effects follow from a Champaign-to-Bloomington transfer.

A young New Yorker’s decision to invest in Indianapolis real estate hits nothing. Follow the ripple effects of Mel Simon’s military move to Fort Benjamin Harrison.

He might not have the discipline he insisted on from others, but Hoosiers are richer for the contradiction.

Does Shelley Long belong in our Hoosier Hall of Fame? Does John Dillinger? Let us make the case.

The male and female All-Indiana Basketball lineups could hold their own against any state. Who’d we leave out?

Doritos, Mikesell’s, Orville Redenbacher’s, Papa John’s, and of course pork tenderloin all make an appearance on the Hoosier Food Pyramid.

These Hoosier Hall of Fame winners get a lot of love—but is it deserved? We asked the experts.

Compiling his writings about the state for the first time, a new book reveals just how important those Hoosier ties were to Pyle.

On an October night in 2002, before a gala fundraiser for the National Civil Rights Hall of Fame in Gary, Indiana, things got very weird.

Don’t know about Project for Awesome? Here’s three things you should know before it begins on December 12.

“Arrive at the Central Library early and beeline for the artisanal food vendors before their section becomes a Hunger Games outtake.”

Well, that depends on who you are. Draft the right guy by consulting our handy chart.

Local celebrities share their favorite activities, products, and eateries from Indy for Best of Indy 2015.

“Local pride is great, but what do you take local pride in?”