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You probably know Indiana as the state of the Indy 500 automobile race, but there is no better place to “restart your engines” than in Indiana, where you can enjoy the varied landscapes, the unusual plantlife, the amusement parks and so much more.

Nomadic tribes have been present in Indiana about 12,000 years ago. Indiana was the source of several wars between Great Britain and France. The native peoples who occupied the state either sided with the French or remained neutral. Eventually, it was given to the United States after the American Revolution, after which it joined the Union in 1916 as the 19th state. It became a popular destination for people who were disgusted with slavery and immigration boomed. Agriculture, transportation and manufacturing developed rapidly throughout the state in the twentieth century and remain dominant industries today.

Indiana is part of two natural regions of the US: the Central Lowland and the Interior Low Plateau. The Central Lowland is generally a flat area with a few glaciated areas in northern Indiana that are covered with large areas of infertile sandy deposits, swamps and marshes. The Interior Low Plateau is a hilly area in southern Indiana that is covered in sharp ridges, deep gorges and picturesque waterfalls. The 475 mile long Wabash River bisects the state from northeast to southwest and is the theme of many Indiana state songs.

Most of Indiana has a humid continental climate, although southern portions border the humid subtropical climate. The state has four well defined seasons, with warm-to-hot summers and cool-to-cold winters. Summer temperatures average in the eighties while winter temperatures vary greatly, with minimum temperatures below twenty degrees. The state receives a good amount of rain and thunderstorms throughout the year.

The state’s nickname is the Hoosier State and its people are called Hoosiers. The origins of this nickname remain a mystery – either it comes from the dictionary of a dialect meaning “unusually large feature” (such as a hill) or it comes from contractor Sam Hoosier, or better yet it could simply be a corruption of the pioneer question “who’s there?”