Indiana’s newest state park offers visitors a unique opportunity to experience the natural beauty of this area as it may have looked before statehood. The park has nearly 2,200 acres of prairie, fens and wetlands to show how the area developed after the last Ice Age between 12,000 – 16,000 years…
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Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana has some burgers that you might want to build a monument to after trying them. The first buns that come to mind are those of the Duane Purvis Burger at Triple XXX…
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No one celebrates the holidays like Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana Visitors won’t want to miss the nationally acclaimed annual Purdue Christmas Show presented the first weekend of December in the…
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When the Mars Theater opened in April of 1921, the local paper claimed that it was “Among the handsomest and most impressive of the buildings dedicated to the drama.” It was of “fireproof”…
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Arni’s “Meet you at Arni’s” has been a favorite local saying for 50 years. Even though the restaurant is franchised in other locations now, locals are proud to say we are the original! Perhaps best…
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Lafayette-West Lafayette is located in Tippecanoe County, along the Wabash River in Indiana; home of Purdue University, one of the twenty-five largest universities in the country, and a member of the…
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Have you ever touched the footprint of a dinosaur from 2 million years ago, been in the cockpit of a T-38 jet simulator, or the driver’s seat of a 1928 fire engine? If so, you may have visited…
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Have you ever considered having your association’s meetings or conferences in your own hometown? Lafayette - West Lafayette are thriving, bustling cities of commerce with the added ambiance of Big Ten…
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Historic Ninth Street Hill One of Lafayette’s oldest downtown areas. William Digby (founder of Lafayette) platted the town as far as what is now 6th Street in 1825. By 1841, the street was called…
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Horticulture Park “Hort Park” is one of the great things about sharing a community with Purdue University. The park has about 21 acres and is an excellent place for picnics, peaceful walks and…
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