Opinion & Columns

Our Indiana expert digs up the dirt on manmade lakes.

Our editor-in-chief's informal supper club makes the rounds at some of this year's 25 best restaurants.

If Indiana feels a bit out of step with the rest of the country on marijuana decriminalization, it’s because it definitely is. Over the past decade, state after state has OK’d cannabis for medical use, recreational use, or both. Indiana has done neither, despite growing support among Hoosiers for an easing of restrictions. Here’s where things stand.

Editor-in-chief Andrea Ratcliff crosses off items on her Hoosier bucket list and details a few experiences that will remain unchecked.

The fair has a place in every Hoosier life, for as many reasons as there are lives. One devotee shares hers.

Our Indiana expert sows the seeds of curiosity about family-owned farms.

Preserving the history of 4790 W. 16th St.—the Indianapolis Motor Speedway—is a massive undertaking, to say the least. For new IMS Museum president Michael Good, it’s a labor of love. Taking the reins earlier this year after a stint as president of Performance Racing Industry, the self-proclaimed “car nut” and Indy native is already seeing the fruits of his labor pay off through record attendance and international acclaim.

Our editor-in-chief consults downtown Indy's convention calendar to track the changing seasons.

Fishers White River Park has no grand entrance and no obvious centerpiece. Instead, it hides behind a massive apartment complex. Built largely on land unsuitable for conventional development, the 120-acre site is the fruit of a novel effort to set aside some of the area’s increasingly rare open space for public use—without spending a dime of city money.

Our Indiana expert gives a tutorial on the legalities of various forms of gambling.