19 Indiana

[cynic51]

Indiana Jones is awesome. Indiana, not so much. As Ohio's western neighbor, it's pretty much always been a drive-through state for me on the way to other, more interesting, places. I've driven that stretch of I-90 along the northern border more times than I can count. Most of the my overnight stops in the state have been crashing with friends as I

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[jumpinfool]

I can't think of any "obvious attraction," but I grew up in Illinois about a mile from the state line, so many of my Precious Memories of Youth(tm) come from Indiana. The YMCA pool where I learned to swim, the place where I learned to ride a horse, the vast majority of my Boy Scout camp outs, and the vet's office where I had my first real summer job were all in Indiana. In my memory, the Lake County Fair rivals the present-day Geauga Co. Fair in scale and scope.

As a state, I have to compare it to how Cleveland is sometimes perceived as a city. Not really popular unless you actually live there, and find out how...nice it can be. Notably lacking in extremes (the only exception that pops into mind is a certain famous auto race), but packed from top to bottom with enough small interesting things that one should never really be bored from lack of options.

[cynic51]

Yeah, but you don't make special trips for small things. There are too many places with big things to do instead.

[tigerlily_blue]

I've been there to visit a friend who went to IU in Bloomington, which was hella fun. There's also a half marathon around the Indy 500 track that looks kind of neat :-)