19nine
19nine is a basketball apparel and lifestyle brand with deep roots in Evansville, Indiana, best known for recreating classic college basketball uniforms and producing retro-inspired shorts, shirts, jerseys, hats and other apparel based on memorable teams and eras in basketball history. Founded in 2012, 19nine grew from a small T-shirt operation started by four friends […]
Evansville Otters
The Evansville Otters are a professional baseball team based in Evansville, Indiana, and one of the longest-running sports franchises in the city’s history. Since arriving in Evansville in 1995, the Otters have played their home games at historic Bosse Field, continuing a professional baseball tradition at the ballpark that dates to 1915. The Otters compete […]
Evansville Triplets
The Evansville Triplets were a professional minor league baseball team based in Evansville, Indiana, that competed at the Triple-A level from 1970 through 1984. Playing their home games at historic Bosse Field, the Triplets represented one of the highest points in Evansville’s long baseball history. For 15 seasons, Evansville was home to players standing just […]
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 […]
Shane McRae
Shane McRae is an American actor and University of Evansville alumnus best known for portraying Knox in the Apple TV science-fiction series Silo. His career has included major television series, Hollywood films, Broadway productions, and other professional theater work. Although McRae was not born in Evansville, the city played an important role in his development […]
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. […]