Hidden Revolution It seems fitting, during this celebratory year of the 250th birthday of the United States of America — and in the month of July, no less — to...

Romani Echoes Perhaps you've dug through old (say, 1930s through 1950s) editions of area newspapers and run across a puzzling headline or story; or perhaps Mom or Grandma recounts an...

The First 500 One hundred and fifteen years ago this month, on May 30, 1911, Ray Harroun drove the famous Marmon “Wasp” (owned by Howard Marmon) over the finish line...

Palm Sunday Fury It's an incident in Northern Indiana history that one either remembers if one was alive for it, or is familiar with if paying much attention over the...

The Roadway that Brought Indiana North If you’re driving one of several stretches of area roadway, it might not be obvious that you’re driving on what was once Indiana’s first...

Hoosier Pilot’s Legacy Spans War, Mercy & History If one pauses on the lawn of the Pulaski County Courthouse to read the names on the county Honor Roll Memorial monument...

The Most Famous Name in Popcorn was a Lakes-area Legend If one of those psychiatric quick word-association tests were given to the U.S. population as a whole with the term...

The Little-Known Hoosier Home of a Cultural Icon Lakes-area readers of an age to remember the earlier days of legendary public television art instructor Bob Ross might have been somewhat...

The University of Notre Dame’s Rise From Wilderness to World-Renowned Legacy On a frigid, snowy November day in 1842, 183 years ago this month, eight Catholic priests arrived at a...

’Tis the season this month to turn our attention toward the “spookier” side of things, which often means the retelling of local or regional tales of ghosts, haunted spaces or...