On a hot day, the coolest attraction in the area just might be the Prophetstown State Park Aquatic Center. Open throughout the summer, the aquatic center provides entertainment for the entire family with pools, slides, splash stations and a winding lazy river. You can’t miss the two towering…
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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 Family Restaurant. Now this isn’t just any old burger. This is a burger that will make you muster the…
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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 grand Elliott Hall of Music. One Saturday in December, the streets of downtown Lafayette & West…
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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” construction with a stage large enough to carry major productions and extensive scenery changes, while offering…
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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 Big Ten. These are two cities steeped in history, with a creative present, and a bright future! Some…
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The cream and black tiles glistened and the neon sign spelled out its welcome—it was September 1, 1938 and the new Lafayette Theater, with its modern Art Deco design, was opening! The line stretched down the block as people waited to see Errol Flynn and Olivia deHaviland in “Fours A Crowd.” Over 70…
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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 Imagination Station! This is a hands-on, interactive museum where children and their families can explore…
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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 University culture. The area’s diversity and contrast is large enough to create a metropolitan…
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