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Indianapolis Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Marion ...
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Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre is a dinner theatre located in College Park near The Pyramids on the northwest side of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It is a professional dinner theatre, providing Broadway shows and children's theatre through ...
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Benton House The Benton House is a historic home located in Irvington, a historic neighborhood in Indianapolis, Indiana. Built in 1873, the home housed Allen R. Benton, a former president of Butler University Butler University is a private university ...
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Big Ten Football Championship Game The Big Ten Football Championship Game is a college football game held by the Big Ten Conference each year to determine the conference's season champion. The game, held after the regular season has been completed, matches the division champions ...
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Bona Thompson Memorial Center The Bona Thompson Memorial Center, formerly the Bona Thompson Memorial Library, is a historic building on the original Butler University campus in the Irvington Historic District of Indianapolis, Indiana. The building was designed by Henry H. Du ...
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Broad Ripple Village Broad Ripple Village is one of seven areas designated as cultural districts in Indianapolis, Indiana. Located in Washington Township, Marion County, Indiana, about north of downtown Indianapolis, the title of a poem titled "Broad Ripple" by ...
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Broad Ripple Park Carousel Broad Ripple Park Carousel is an antique carousel in The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. It was installed in 1917 at an amusement park near the White River in Indianapolis, Indiana, where it remained until the building housing it collap ...
* Brookside Park *
Butler University Butler University is a private university in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 1855 and named after founder Ovid Butler, the university has over 60 major academic fields of study in six colleges: the Lacy School of Business, College of Communic ...


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The Cabaret The Cabaret, formerly the American Cabaret Theatre, is one of four professional theatres in Indianapolis, founded January 9, 1988 and located for many years in the Athenæum (Das Deutsche Haus), Athenæum. It is a cabaret theatre, typically doing o ...
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Castleton Square Castleton Square is an enclosed shopping mall in the Castleton neighborhood on the northeastern side of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Built by Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation and Homart Development Company in 1972, it is owned and ma ...
* The Children's Museum of Indianapolis * Chris Gonzalez Collection *
Circle Centre Circle Centre Mall is an indoor shopping mall located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Circle Centre Mall was opened to the public on September 8, 1995, and incorporates existing downtown structures such as the former L. S. Ayres flagship ...
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Circle City Classic The Circle City Classic is an annual American football game featuring two historically black colleges/universities (HBCUs) and played in Indianapolis, Indiana. The event was established in 1984 and has been played every year except 2020, when ...
* City-County Building Observation Deck * City Market *
Clowes Memorial Hall Clowes Memorial Hall, officially known as Clowes Memorial Hall of Butler University, is a performance hall located on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Opened October 18, 1963, it hosts numerous significant ...
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Colonel Eli Lilly Civil War Museum The Indiana World War Memorial Plaza is an urban feature and war memorial located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, originally built to honor the veterans of World War I. and (PDF) It was conceived in 1919 as a location for the na ...
* Crispus Attucks High School and Museum * Crossroads Classic *
Crown Hill Cemetery Crown Hill Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at 700 West 38th Street in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. The privately owned cemetery was established in 1863 at Strawberry Hill, whose summit was renamed "The Crown", a high point ...
** '' List of public art in Crown Hill Cemetery'' *
Crown Hill National Cemetery Crown Hill National Cemetery is a U.S. National Cemetery located in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. It was established in 1866 on Section 10 within Crown Hill Cemetery, a privately owned cemetery on the city's northwest side. Administered b ...


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Depew Memorial Fountain ''Depew Memorial Fountain'' is a freestanding fountain completed in 1919 and located in University Park in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, within the Indiana World War Memorial Plaza. Description The fountain is composed of multiple bronze fi ...
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Eagle Creek Park Eagle Creek Park is the largest park in Indianapolis, and one of the largest municipal parks in the United States. It is located at 7840 W. 56th Street in Indianapolis, Indiana and covers approximately of water and of land. There are about o ...
* Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art *
The Emerson Theater The Emerson Theater is an all age music venue located in the Little Flower neighborhood of Indianapolis, Indiana. It was opened in 1928 as a one-screen movie theater under the name Eastland Theater and was later renamed to Emerson Theater in 193 ...
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Epilogue Players Epilogue Players is a theater company based in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the first theater troupe for senior citizens founded in the United States and served as a model for the birth of the "senior theater" movement in the 1980s. In 1981, co ...


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* Fall Creek Greenway *
FDIC International FDIC International (Fire Department Instructors Conference) is an annual firefighting conference and exhibition held at the Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is one of Indianapolis's biggest conventions ...
* The Fashion Mall at Keystone * Fort Harrison State Park *
Fountain Square A fountain square is a park or plaza in a city that features a fountain. It may stand alone or as part of a larger public park. In the United States, there are numerous fountain squares, many of which are actually called "fountain square." T ...
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* G. C. Murphy Building * GMR Grand Prix *
Gainbridge Fieldhouse Gainbridge Fieldhouse is an indoor arena located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It opened in November 1999 to replace Market Square Arena. The arena is the home of the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association and ...
* Garfield Park *
Gen Con Gen Con is the largest tabletop game convention in North America by both attendance and number of events. It features traditional pen-and-paper, board, and card games, including role-playing games, miniatures wargames, live action role-playin ...
* Glendale Town Center * Grand Prix of Indianapolis (Indy Lights)


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* Harrison Center *
Heartland International Film Festival The Heartland International Film Festival is a film festival held each October in Indianapolis, Indiana. The festival was first held in 1992, its goal is to "inspire filmmaker Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion pict ...
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Hilbert Circle Theatre The Hilbert Circle Theatre, originally called the Circle Theatre, is in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Monument Circle. It was built in 1916 and consists of a Neoclassical style, white glazed terra cotta entrance section with a brick auditorium sect ...
* Hinkle Fieldhouse *
Historic Irvington Halloween Festival The Historic Irvington Halloween Festival is a non-profit event founded in 1947 by the Historic Irvington Community Council in an effort to bring together residents, neighborhood organizations, and businesses in the Irvington Historic District o ...
* Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium


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InConJunction InConJunction is a fan-run, not-for-profit science fiction convention held during the first weekend in July in Indianapolis, Indiana. Past guests include Philip José Farmer, Frederik Pohl, Catherine Asaro, George R.R. Martin, Jerry Pournell ...
* Indiana 9/11 Memorial * Indiana Avenue (official cultural district) *
Indiana Black Expo Indiana Black Expo is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Indianapolis Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to ...
* Indiana Central Canal *
Indiana Convention Center The Indiana Convention Center is a major convention center located in Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. The original structure was completed in 1972 and has undergone five expansions. In total, there are 71 meeting rooms, 11 exhibit halls, and th ...
* Indiana Farmers Coliseum *
Indiana Historical Society The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is one of the United States' oldest and largest historical societies and describes itself as "Indiana's Storyteller". It is housed in the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center at 450 West Ohio Street ...
* Indiana Landmarks Center * Indiana Medical History Museum * Indiana Repertory Theatre *
Indiana Statehouse The Indiana Statehouse is the state capitol building of the U.S. state of Indiana. It houses the Indiana General Assembly, the office of the Governor of Indiana, the Indiana Supreme Court, and other state officials. The Statehouse is located in ...
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Indiana Statehouse Public Art Collection The Indiana Statehouse Public Art Collection, located in Indianapolis, Indiana, consists of more than 40 public artworks that are on display inside and around the grounds of Indiana Statehouse and the Indiana Government Center North and Indiana ...
** '' List of public art at the Indiana Statehouse'' * Indiana State Fair * Indiana State Library and Historical Bureau *
Indiana State Museum The Indiana State Museum is a museum located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The museum houses exhibits on the science, art, culture, and history of Indiana from prehistoric times to the present day. History The original collec ...
* Indiana Theatre *
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, commonly referred to as IUPUI, is a public research university in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is a collaboration between Indiana University and Purdue University that offers undergraduate, g ...
(IUPUI) ** Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis Public Art Collection ** '' List of public art at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis'' *
Indiana University Natatorium Indiana University Natatorium is a swimming complex on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It also serves as the home of the IUPUI School of Health & Human Sciences (including phy ...
* Indiana World War Memorial Military Museum *
Indiana World War Memorial Plaza The Indiana World War Memorial Plaza is an urban feature and war memorial located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, originally built to honor the veterans of World War I. and (PDF) It was conceived in 1919 as a location for the na ...
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Indianapolis 500 The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly called the Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indi ...
* Indianapolis Art Center * Indianapolis Artsgarden *
Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra The Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra is a Baroque orchestra dedicated to performing music of the 17th and 18th centuries using period instruments and historically informed performance practices to enrich, educate, and inspire the Indiana community ...
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Indianapolis Catacombs The Indianapolis Catacombs are approximately of underground passageways on the northeast corner of Market and Delaware streets in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. The passages and walkways include brick archways and limestone columns that were pa ...
* Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra *
Indianapolis Cultural Districts Indianapolis has seven designated neighborhoods as Cultural Districts, first established in 1999: Broad Ripple Village; Mass Ave; Fountain Square; Wholesale District; Canal and White River State Park; Indiana Avenue; and Market East. The purpo ...
* Indianapolis Cultural Trail *
Indianapolis Early Music Indianapolis Early Music (IEM) is a non-profit organization established in Indianapolis in 1966 to organize concerts featuring music of the medieval, renaissance, baroque, and early classic eras. Since 1966, it has produced the annual Indianap ...
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Indianapolis International Airport Indianapolis International Airport is an international airport located seven miles (11 km) southwest of downtown Indianapolis in Marion County, Indiana, United States. It is owned and operated by the Indianapolis Airport Authority. The ...
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Indianapolis International Film Festival Founded in 2004, the Indianapolis International Film Festival seeks to create a shared experience by championing films that entertain, challenge, and expand perspectives in Indianapolis and beyond. Indianapolis International Film Festival is also ...
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Indianapolis Jewish Film Festival The Indianapolis Jewish Film Festival is a film festival founded by Robert Epstein. The inaugural festival was held from May 3 to May 10, 2014. The second festival was held from April 23 to May 3, 2015. See also *Indianapolis International F ...
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is an automobile racing circuit located in Speedway, Indiana, an enclave suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana. It is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Verizon 200, and and formerly the home of the United Sta ...
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum is an automotive museum on the grounds of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, which houses the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame. It is intrinsically linked to the In ...
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Indianapolis Museum of Art The Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) is an encyclopedic art museum located at Newfields, a campus that also houses Lilly House, The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park: 100 Acres, the Gardens at Newfields, the Beer Garden, and more. It ...
** '' List of artworks at the Indianapolis Museum of Art'' ** '' List of outdoor artworks at Newfields'' *
Indianapolis Opera Indianapolis Opera is an opera company based in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is the only professional opera company in Indiana and hosts a number of fully staged productions each season. It also supports a Young Artist Program. The company is led b ...
* Indianapolis Public Library *
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (ISO) is an American orchestra based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The largest performing arts organization in Indiana, the orchestra is based at the Hilbert Circle Theatre in downtown Indianapolis on Monument Ci ...
* Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival * Indianapolis World Sports Park * Indianapolis Zoo * Indy Irish Festival *
Indy Jazz Fest The Indy Jazz Fest is an annual jazz festival in Indianapolis, Indiana. It first took place on June 17, 1999. It was created by a consortium of Downtown Indianapolis hospitality, civic and business interests as a way to spotlight Indianapolis' ...
* Indy Legends Charity Pro–Am race *
Indy PopCon PopCon Indy (formerly known as Indy PopCon) is a pop culture convention that has been held at the Indiana Convention Center since 2014. PopCon Indy came to public recognition on November 18, 2013, when they launched a campaign on Kickstarter with ...
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Indy Pride Festival Indy Pride Festival, formerly Circle City IN Pride, is the annual week of LGBT pride events in Indianapolis. The week is organized by LGBT organization Indy Pride, Inc., and has been held under this name and organization for over a decade. In r ...
* International Violin Competition of Indianapolis * Italian Street Festival


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James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home The James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home, one of two homes known as the James Whitcomb Riley House on the National Register of Historic Places, is a historic building in the Lockerbie Square Historic District of Indianapolis, Indiana. It was named ...
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Jazz Kitchen The Jazz Kitchen is a prominent jazz club and restaurant in Indianapolis, Indiana. The club showcases local, regional and national jazz acts. The Jazz Kitchen opened in 1994 at the former location of The Place to Start at 54th Street and College ...
* Julia M. Carson Transit Center


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Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium is an outdoor soccer facility located in Indianapolis. It is the location of the Indiana High School Athletic Association, IHSAA State Soccer finals. It contains two FIFA-regulated game fields and seats 5,257 people ...
* Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library


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Landmark for Peace Memorial The ''Landmark for Peace'' is a memorial sculpture in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park on the northside of Indianapolis. It honors the contributions of the slain leaders Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. The memorial, which features Ke ...
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List of parks in Indianapolis This list of parks in Indianapolis provides a general overview of parkland in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Parks in the city are managed primarily by the City of Indianapolis Department of Parks and Recreation, also known as Indy Parks ...
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Long's Bakery Long's Bakery is a bakery specializing in donuts in the Haughville neighborhood of Indianapolis, Indiana, in the United States, with a second location in Southport, Indiana. History Long's was founded in 1951 in Haughville. A second location in ...
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Lucas Oil Stadium Lucas Oil Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It replaced the RCA Dome as the home field of the National Football League (NFL)'s Indianapolis Colts and opened on August 16, 2008. The stadium wa ...


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Madam Walker Legacy Center The Madam C. J. Walker Building, which houses the Madam Walker Legacy Center, was built in 1927 in the city of Indianapolis, in the U.S. state of Indiana, and as Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company, it was designated a National Historic L ...
* Major Taylor Velodrome * Marian University * Marion County Fair * Market East (official cultural district) * Martin University *
Mass Ave Cultural Arts District The Mass Ave Cultural Arts District, colloquially known as Mass Ave, is one of seven designated cultural districts in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The district centers on of its namesake Massachusetts Avenue, from its southern terminus ...
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Medal of Honor Memorial The Medal of Honor Memorial is a monument located in White River State Park in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It is dedicated in honor of all recipients of the Medal of Honor, the United States military's highest award for valor. The mem ...
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Melody Inn (nightclub) The Melody Inn (also known as The Mel) is a bar and live music club in the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It is estimated that over 7,000 bands and musical acts have played the Melody Inn since 2001. His ...
* Michael A. Carroll Stadium * Military Park * Monon Trail * Month of May *
Monumental Marathon The CNO Financial Group Indianapolis Monumental Marathon and Monumental Half Marathon are a pair of concurrent road races run annually in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The Monumental Marathon, first held in 2008, is a road race ...
* Museum of 20th Century Warfare


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NCAA Hall of Champions The NCAA Hall of Champions is an interactive museum and part of a three-building complex that houses a conference center and the corporate headquarters of both the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and National Federation of State Hi ...
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NFL Scouting Combine The NFL Scouting Combine is a week-long showcase occurring every February at Lucas Oil Stadium (and formerly at the RCA Dome until 2008) in Indianapolis, where college football players perform physical and mental tests in front of National Foo ...
* NHRA U.S. Nationals *
National Register of Historic Places listings in Marion County, Indiana __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Marion County, Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, Ind ...
( Center Township) * Nina Mason Pulliam Indianapolis Special Collections Room


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* Oldfields, Lilly House and Gardens * Old National Centre * OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon


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The Pavilion at Pan Am The Pavilion at Pan Am, originally Pan American Arena, was a twin rink ice hockey and skating arena located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. and part of the broader Pan American Plaza, which was built in commemoration of the 1987 Pan Ame ...
* Pennzoil 150 * Phoenix Theatre * Pleasant Run Greenway


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* Riverside Park


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* Scottish Rite Cathedral * Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital **
Eskenazi Health Art Collection The Eskenazi Health Art Collection consists of a wide variety of artworks composed of fragments from the 1914 City Hospital mural and artwork project, artworks added over time, and newer pieces which include works created for the new Sidney & Lois ...
** '' List of artworks in the Eskenazi Health Art Collection'' * Skiles Test Nature Park * Slippery Noodle Inn * Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument * Southeastway Park * Southwestway Park *
St. Elmo Steak House St. Elmo Steak House is a restaurant in the Wholesale District of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1902, it is the oldest steakhouse in Indianapolis. Its specialty shrimp cocktail has earned wide recognition in the American culina ...
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Sun King Brewing Co. Sun King Brewing is a brewery in the Cole-Noble District of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It is the largest brewery in Indianapolis and the second largest brewery in the state. In 2011, Sun King won eight medals, including four gold medal ...


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* Town Run Trail Park


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* Union Station *
University of Indianapolis The University of Indianapolis (UIndy) is a private United Methodist Church-affiliated university in Indianapolis, Indiana. It offers Associate, Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees. It was founded in 1902 as Indiana Central University and ...
* University Park * USS ''Indianapolis'' National Memorial


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* Verizon 200 at the Brickyard * Victory Field * Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park: 100 Acres


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* Washington Square * White River Gardens * White River State Park (official cultural district) * Wholesale District (official cultural district)


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