Evansville, Indiana

[@LattaHollinger]

I love Evansville, that was our place to go to shop. I grew up in Southern Illinois and loved the drive to Evansville. I love your adventures around Southern Indiana and wish I could find someone to have adventures in Southern Illinois. Thank you.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I visited southern Illinois, over two years ago. I loved Cave In Rock, and Garden of the Gods!

[@RVAmerica]

We will be in Evansville a week from today. Had no idea there was so much to see there. Thanks so much. Lynn and Danny

[@AdventureswithRoger]

My pleasure! If it’s a nice day, Newburgh is right next to Evansville

[@martindriver6026]

Thanks for the tour. We moved here in August 2023. We escaped the California tyranny. Now wanting to get familiar with our new home city. Happily spending our California money with a state that we love.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Lots of interesting and mostly free things to see in southern Indiana. In the next month I hope to do a “best of southern Indiana” video, based on the last 6 years. 🙂

[@coloradobrad6779]

2:15 4th grade field trip there in 1985. Looks exactly the same, changed my life.😮 Great capture of the waterfront. I can’t wait for New Harmony! They closed the bridge 😢

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Many of these towns have stayed the same, like an old friend with a few more years. 🙂

[@ryansgirl2002]

My husband was born and raised in Evansville and his family is still there. Im from the middle of nowhere west ky and when we were dating especially we spent lots of time in Evansville because to me, it might as well have been new York city! Lol we still go frequently because we absolutely love Turonis pizza. Best pizza on earth! Even though my country butt cant ever live anywhere but the woods, Evansville will always be a special place i love to visit.

[@edwardh1591]

Roger I have driven by these places but I never stopped. I was on the lst 325 years ago. It was neat. Love the zoo

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I would’ve loved to have shared that mansion interior, but they don’t allow photography.

[@mrbr549]

Great roundup of the Evansville waterfront!

[@deejayimm]

Lived there from 2001 till about 2005. I came back down when they brought the LST home. When I lived there it was the perfect city to live in if you grew up a country boy. It had everything you could possibly want, but it didn't feel too Urban.

[@owenslaughter9438]

May Dad grew up there and I have gone down many times. I really miss the Monkey Boat....

[@peterjv8748]

Love that they have a building/museum dedicated to transportation but the only way you can leave that town is by car.

[@mushroomhunter7521]

Real nice!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thanks! Getting closer to the end: Mount Vernon is up next.

[@mushroomhunter7521]

@@AdventureswithRoger can’t wait!

[@GlobetrotterGranny]

My hometown!

[@mariaalejandrasanchezcoron5508]

Thank you for your video.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

My pleasure to share these journeys! So far, I’ve covered over 100 hundred southern Indiana destinations, and there are many more to go!

[@laffilmfest3759]

Nice tour!

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Thanks! Tons of stuff to see

[@owenslaughter9438]

Also Roger, quick question when are you gonna talk about the unit of Giants that fought during the civil War that came from Bloomington? Look up Buskirk my man, you're missing out. I've been doing a lot of research on Southern Indiana myself especially Bloomington. When I have some free time I pretty much live at the historical society in town

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Had not heard of them, will check it out!

[@owenslaughter9438]

@@AdventureswithRoger Buskirk what's the second tallest to fight in the civil War. The tallest was on the Confederate side. He was a sarcastic guy and when he was captured during a battle he spun a story about how he was the shortest person in this family. So Confederates became worried about the Giants of Indiana. This is where I thought the term land of giants came from for the Hoosier. However after watching your videos I've come to the conclusion that this is been a land of giants for a very long time.

[@Chris-uh7nm]

I attended USIE from 1973 to 1974, but the landscape shown in the video does not look familiar to me at all.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Lots and lots of changes, especially along the Ohio River waterfront. I think the city planners had big hopes for the Tropicana, but it fizzled out and they had to regroup. They tell me that the bike trail goes through some beautiful places.

[@John-wr6yo]

The river front is out standing. The Loyd slow way is painfully ridiculous.

[@leroygreen5176]

You got one thing wrong the trail your speaking of goes through less then half of the city it mostly covers downtown an some of the north an west side

[@AdventureswithRoger]

A tourist does the best they can. 🙂 I don’t think it was more than a week after I published, that I saw a website showing where all the trail went!

[@John-wr6yo]

Stop light city

[@stryker1195]

Not much has changed over the last 50 years at this museum. It become complacent. The "largest' doesn't always translate into the best. Now, you can't tell me that conche shell was native to E-Ville?

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I’ve been to nearly every museum in Southern Indiana. Just when I think I’ve done them all, there’s another! All the curators have told me the same story, almost apologizing: creating collections is pricey and they don’t have the money. Many will have a small section where they rotate special exhibits, but the rest of the museum changes very little. As an outsider, the museum offers good variety, and the recreated town is bigger than the one at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum. It’s certainly not the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, that has a submarine, actual coal mine, and cars you ride through the exhibit, but it’s exceptional when compared to other Southern Indiana museums. Speaking of the conch shell, I think it was just part of the international collection, at least that’s the one I remember. But, I was talking to the director of Indiana Caverns, and he was telling me how Indiana chert arrowheads have been found all the way on the east coast. Early people were both moving around and trading, far more often than we’d think. Anyways, I hope to get back down there, and see a few more county museums this year.

[@stryker1195]

@@AdventureswithRoger Good points. Thanks for the response.

[@AdventureswithRoger]

I always like talking about places to see! But I’ll level with you, the best times I’ve had were at tiny museums in small towns, where it was just me and the curator talking about local history! 🙂

[@rwilson7197]

@@AdventureswithRoger You might like the little museum in Holland, Michigan. Its a great place to visit especially during the Tulip Festival in the Spring and its on Lake Michigan's shoreline. Very nice video on E'ville 🙂

[@AdventureswithRoger]

Love Holland, Michigan, especially at Tulip Festival time! When we were kids, Dad took us to the Dutch village and we thought it was great. Then in 1999, me, my fiancé, good friend and his fiancé, took a day trip up there. We visited the beautiful tulip farm, where they make wooden shoes, and also the Dutch Village. Think we got back home at midnight or so, but it was totally worth all the miles. Just a wonderful time with so many great pictures!