Bucket Listers

Life is short and you want to experience everything it has to offer. Your goals mirror your passions and travel is your ticket to achieving them.

Check-Worthy Indy Adventures

You seek to live in the moment, but you know the most important question when it comes to travel is “What’s next?” Follow along as we share only-in-Indy thrills for your next ultimate bucket list getaway.

Indy Attraction Pass

Eight Attractions for One Low Price
  • With so many attractions to see, why limit yourself to one? The Indy Attraction Pass offers the opportunity to maximize your experience at a budget-friendly price.
  • Choose a 1-day pass (starting at $44) or 3-day pass (starting at $65) to access eight of Indy's most iconic attractions.

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Dolphin Adventure

Indianapolis Zoo

Only place in the Midwest where you can get in-water with dolphins.

Help feed the dolphins and interact using hand signals.

Other animal encounters include artwork made by elephants, rhinos, and penguins.

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Travel To Space

Take Off At The Children’s Museum
  • The only place on Earth to get a feel for what life on the International Space Station is really like.
  • The original Sulu himself, George Takei, will is the voice of a film and immersive sound and light show, featuring the escape pod movie prop used in the film Star Trek: Beyond.

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World's Spiciest Dish

St. Elmo Steak House's Shrimp Cocktail
  • It is the world’s spiciest dish as proclaimed by the Travel Channel, and is known to make grown men cry.
  • The landmark restaurant, founded in 1902, is synonymous with Indianapolis and serves up a must-try signature cocktail known as the Elmo Cola.

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Take a Romantic Gondola Ride

White River State Park

Like Venice, only closer. Meander down the Central Canal in downtown Indianapolis in a classic, imported gondola. Sit back and let your imagination take you to the canals of Venice, where you will be serenaded by your Gondolier as you are transported into the romance of old Italy.

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Feel The Need For Speed

Go Karting In Indy

Fountain Square Theatre

Vintage Bowling & Swing Dancing
  • Bowl like the old pros with restored 1930s era duckpin bowling (tip: try your skill at the vintage billiard table).
  • Jump, jive and wail with Friday night swing dancing in the historic theatre, complete with a live band.

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Climb Monument Circle

A Bird's Eye View Of The City
  • Experience Indy’s most iconic monument at the physical and spiritual heart of Indianapolis.
  • Climb 330 steps (or take the elevator for $1) to the top of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument observation deck.

World's Largest Chihuly

The Children's Museum Of Indianapolis
  • Be awestruck by the scale of the world’s largest permanent Dale Chihuly installation, Fireworks of Glass.
  • Follow the ramp around this five-story-high installation.

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Relive Hoosiers At Plump's Last Shot

Dine With A Legend
  • Bobby Plump’s famous shot in 1954 won the game for Milan and inspired the movie Hoosiers.
  • His bar and grill is famous for making the ultimate breaded tenderloin, an oversized sandwich that is an Indiana staple.

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Stay In A Train Car

The Crowne Plaza At Union Station
  • You can stay in real Pullman train cars resting on the original tracks.
  • Tour attached Union Station, built in 1888 and the nation’s first consolidation of tracks and railroads into one centralized station.

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