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Cheat Sheet: Parks and Recreation’s Final Season

As the seventh and final season of the Hoosier-centric sitcom commences, we’re talking all things Pawnee.

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Why Indy’s Creative Class Loves Evansville Right Now

In 2012, staffers at an Evansville museum discovered an original Picasso, mislabeled, that had been stored unnoticed for nearly 50 years.

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Three Under-the-Radar Hotels for Your Holiday Guests

A Broad Ripple boutique hotel, a Carmel B&B, and “that house” on Kessler

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Traveler: Branching Out in Brown County

Autumn isn’t the only time it shines. Nashville proves equally enchanting when strewn with twinkling white lights.

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Day Trip: Scuba Santa's in Cincinnati

Take in one of the weirdest holiday traditions around.

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Unspoken Rules of Brown County

If you’re wearing overalls, you better play in a bluegrass band.

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Ask Me Anything: Kelly Shea

How do travelers get upgraded to first class? “You never will. Businessmen getting all those frequent-flyer miles are using the upgrades.”

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Six Things We Love About Our Airport That Conde Nast Traveler Left Out

Subtleties and secrets that make us arrive for a flight a little early.

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Indiana Trails: Shades State Park, Silent Partner

With deep gorges, lush ravines, and sandstone cliffs, Shades evokes the splendor of its more-popular neighbor, Turkey Run—but without the crowds.

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Indiana Trails: Adena Trace's Hideaway Cove

Thirty minutes in at Adena Trace, I reached a clearing, and the overlook delivered: A gorgeous panorama of the eastern shore opened before me.

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Indiana Trails: Gimme Shelter (With a Past) in Hoosier National Forest

The term “middle of nowhere” might have been coined for spots like Hemlock Cliffs, a trail leading through an oasis of sandstone bluffs designated a “special place” by Hoosier National Forest officials for its striking and rare features.

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Indiana Trails: To Hesitate Is Divine

The trip was so pleasant, when I found myself back at the lake post-hike, I wanted to turn around and do it again—relentless crowds and all.

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Indiana Trails: Backyard Backcountry in Morgan-Monroe State Forest

Not until a mile or so in did I realize how far off the mark I’d been in Morgan-Monroe State Forest—and experienced the kind of a-ha discovery that hikers live for.

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Indiana Trails: All-Terrain Fun in Versailles State Park

The wide mix of terrain over 16 miles of singletrack in Versailles State Park has made the trail system a favorite of many Hoosier riders.

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Indiana Trails: More Ramble, Less Gamble in French Lick

A glutton for punishment, I took the harder route. As my legs churned and my lungs screamed for more oxygen, I quickly realized this stretch has significantly more elevation gain than most Hoosier trails—including Brown County’s Hesitation Point.

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