Conner Prairie

If you love history at all, this place is really aweseome. I’ve gone several times and never get tired of going! : )

When I lived in Indianapolis, we went to Connor Prairie at least once a year for a field trip in elementary school. So much fun! Halloween is the best time to go, I’m not sure if they still do this but you used to be able to go on a hay ride where the Headless Horseman would ride the wagon down. Scared the crap out of me as a kid but it’s still so much fun.

Read a National Geographic travel mag article about this place. apparently in their “follow the north star” program, visitors pretend to be bands of runaway slaves for 90 minutes. it’s supposedly a very intense experience. anyone ever done this? what did you think?

Great place to visit to find out what it was like to live in the midwest in the 1800s. I went there to do research for a novel. Had a great day. There are also plenty of wonderful articles, etc., on their website.

http://www.connerprairie.org/

[Photo is from the website. Where else do you get to see young men with oxen these days?]