HISTORIC ATTRACTIONS / MONUMENTS & LANDMARKS

Central Canal
Downtown Indianapolis
Renovated 19thg century canal area features the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, the Indiana Historical society, the memorial to the USS Indianapolis, and the Medal of Honor Memorial.

Crowne Plaza Union Station
Adjacent to Pan Am Plaza, Downtown
Built in 1888, America’s first “union station” houses a Romanesque Revival-style hotel with authentic Pullman Sleeper car rooms on original tracks.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
Madison Avenue & Pendleton Avenue
Resting on land donated by a local businessman, the statue is a result of community effort and pays tribute to an outstanding civil rights leader.

Eli Lilly and Company
Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis
Selling pharmaceutical products in 120 nations, the research-based company of Eli Lilly was founded in 1876 in Indianapolis where its world headquarters remain.

Indiana World War Memorial
55 East Michigan Street
Set on a hill, the memorial offers an awe-inspiring Shrine Room where multi-colored light through stained glass illuminates an American flag draped over an altar.

Medal of Honor Memorial
White River State Park
Distinguished as the only monument in the nation to recognize all recipients of the Medal of Honor, the highest aware for military valor. Curved walls of glass represent the specific U.S. conflicts in which the medal was awarded.

Monument Circle & Soldiers & Sailors Monument
Downtown Indianapolis
In the heart of the city is the 284-foot-high Soldiers & Sailors Monument, commemorating Indiana’s military men and women in all wars prior to World War I.

Scottish Rite Cathedral
Downtown Indianapolis
Gothic-Tudor structure containing 54-bell carillon and 7,500-pipe organ was acclaimed as one of the world’s most beautiful buildings upon completion in 1929.

USS Indianapolis Memorial Plaza & Monument
Central Canal
In 1945 the USS Indianapolis was hit and sunk by Japanese torpedoes, killing 800 of the 1,197 men on board.