Hours are noon to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays through Labor Day. Labor Day weekend is the annual date for Hesston's Steam and Power Show, a favorite of thousands each year and recently named one of Indiana's Top 10 Festivals by Travel Agent Magazine. The museum is a dream come true for owner Bruce Trump, who practically grew up in his father's Texaco station. More than 9,000 people from more than 30 states and three countries have visited the museum since it opened in 1996. Visitors include Texaco representatives and others just wanting to recapture memories of days gone by.
Admission is free.
If seeing the country's most complete collection of light tanks at the Historical Military Armor Museum in Anderson isn't enough to satisfy your curiosity, you can experience a tank ride through 13 acres of woods adjacent to the museum. And if you work up an appetite, you can get another taste of military life - literally. The museum serves cafeteria-style meals in its realistic mess hall. The museum is open 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. In Crawfordsville, you can tour the first of seven rotary jails built in the United States.