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All the United States Indiana Evansville

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Evansville

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Evansville, Indiana

Updated July 7, 2022

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The famous exterior.

Evansville, Indiana

Roseanne's House

The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.
The Isaac Knight Memorial in Evansville.

Evansville, Indiana

Isaac Knight Memorial

A tribute to a 13-year-old boy who was kidnapped in 1793 and escaped over two years later.
Bosse Field

Evansville, Indiana

Bosse Field

The fourth-oldest baseball stadium in the United States is in a league of its own.
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“Around the Corner” University of Southern Indiana, New Harmony Gallery, New Harmony, IN, 2003.

Evansville, Indiana

The Nest Houses of Patrick Dougherty

Patrick Dougherty's fantastic living tree sculptures, mind-blowing but temporary.
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Audubon Museum & Nature Center

Henderson, Kentucky

Audubon Museum & Nature Center

View Kentucky's beauty and history from the perspective of painter John James Audubon, author and illustrator.
6 miles from Evansville
New Harmony Labyrinth. (Creative Commons)

New Harmony, Indiana

New Harmony Labyrinth

Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life.
22 miles from Evansville

New Harmony, Indiana

Working Mens Institute

Home to a collection of artifacts and specimens from one of the world's preeminent geologists
22 miles from Evansville
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