Many shops line the main street in Nashville. Columbus is the site of more than 50 buildings that were designed by well-known architects. Conner Prairie Pioneer Settlement, in Noblesville, has exhibits illustrating life in Indiana during the early 1800's. The settlement includes the mansion of William Conner, an Indiana pioneer, and a log cabin trading post. Historic Fort Wayne is a reconstruction of an American army fort of 1816 in Fort Wayne.
Visitors can watch uniformed personnel carry out military activities of the time inside the fort.
Holiday World, in Santa Claus, is an amusement park for children that includes rides and a zoo where the animals can be petted. Christmas is the theme at the park. James Whitcomb Riley Home, in Greenfield, was the residence of the famous Hoosier poet. The home has been preserved as it was when Riley was born and grew up there. Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, near Lincoln City, features the original cabin where Abraham Lincoln lived between the ages of 7 and 21.