Burdette Park
Burdette Park is a historic 180-acre recreational park on Evansville’s west side, originally developed by the Everett Burdette American Legion Post in the 1920s. Known for its aquatic center, trails, camping, and unusual history as the site of a saltwater swimming area, the park has been an Evansville destination for generations.
Grey Lady Ghost
The Grey Lady Ghost is the legendary spirit said to haunt Willard Library in Evansville, Indiana. Explore sightings dating to 1937, the Louise Carpenter theory, paranormal investigations, strange encounters and Willard Library’s famous live ghost cams.
F.J. Reitz High School
Francis Joseph Reitz High School, commonly known as F.J. Reitz High School or simply Reitz, is a public high school located at 350 Dreier Boulevard on Evansville’s West Side. Opened in 1918, Reitz is one of Evansville’s oldest and most recognizable schools and has developed an especially strong identity within the city’s West Side community. […]
Evansville State Hospital
Evansville State Hospital is a state-operated psychiatric hospital located at 3400 Lincoln Avenue on the East Side of Evansville, Indiana. Established in 1890 as the Southern Indiana Hospital for the Insane, the institution has operated for more than 135 years and is one of the oldest continuously operating psychiatric facilities in Indiana. For generations of […]
Wesselman Woods and Wesselman Park
Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve and Wesselman Park form one of Evansville, Indiana’s most distinctive natural and recreational areas. Located along Boeke Road on the city’s east side, the property combines a traditional city park with something far more unusual: an old-growth forest that survived while the city developed around it. Wesselman Woods is recognized as […]
The Monkey Ship at Mesker Park Zoo
For decades, one of Evansville’s strangest attractions looked like something out of a fever dream: A replica of Christopher Columbus’s Santa Maria. Filled with monkeys. Surrounded by a moat. With alligators in the water below. It sounds like an Evansville urban legend. It wasn’t. The Monkey Ship at Mesker Park Zoo was a one-third-scale concrete […]
Mesker Park
Mesker Park is one of Evansville, Indiana’s oldest and most historically significant public recreation areas. Located on the city’s West Side along Mesker Park Drive, the park developed around the turn of the 20th century and eventually became home to two of Evansville’s best-known attractions: Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden and Mesker Amphitheatre. The […]
Howell Wetlands
Howell Wetlands1400 South Tekoppel AvenueEvansville, Indiana 47712 Howell Wetlands is a 35-acre urban wetland and nature area located on the west side of Evansville, Indiana. Situated at 1400 South Tekoppel Avenue, the wetlands contain marshland, a bald cypress slough, an oxbow lake, lowland hardwood forest, and upland meadow. Considered one of the largest urban wetlands […]
University of Evansville
The University of Evansville (UE) is a private university in Evansville, Indiana, with a history dating to 1854. Located on a 75-acre campus on the east side of Evansville, the university is one of the city’s major educational institutions and is known for its Purple Aces athletic programs, small class sizes, international study opportunities, and […]
Funky’s
Funky’s was a legendary nightclub, restaurant, and discotheque in Downtown Evansville, Indiana, that operated from 1975 to 1980. Located at 18 S. Third Avenue near the Ohio River, Funky’s became one of the best-known entertainment destinations in Evansville during the disco era and has remained a favorite piece of local nostalgia decades after its closing. […]