UNIQUELY HERE. WELCOME! WE’RE GLAD YOU’RE HERE! Yes, Evansvi l le does f i t the Midwestern stereotypes you’ve heard. . .and we’ re proud of i t ! We’ve never met a stranger ( i t ’s cal led Hoosier hospi tal i ty), we always help our neighbors, our weather is a l i t t le on the unpredictable side, and the metro populat ion is outnumbered by the ears of corn we grow. But we’ re not just any Midwesterners, i t ’s the qui rky things about our region that put us in a league of our own.
Meryl Streep’s Hoosier husband, Don Gumber, designed this FOUNTAIN located in Church Park. • DON MATTINGLY former MLB player for the NY Yankees cal ls our region home. • WILLARD LIBRARY is haunted by a ghost cal led “The Grey Lady.” Fi rst sighted in the late 1930s, unexplained events and sights
have occurred since. You can watch for act ivi ty on thei r 24/7 ghost cam! • Evansvi l le Nat ive, LILY KING , took home the gold in the 2016 Rio Olympics. • GIANT SANTA This big guy is randomly located along one of our busiest U.S. highways • A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN was f i lmed al l over our region, including Bosse Field, home of the Racine Bel les. • I f you f ind i t on the internet , i t ’s true, r ight? Part of our region transforms into the sel f-proclaimed BUSCH LIGHT CAPITAL OF THE WORLD dur ing Sommerfest . • THIS PINK ELEPHANT DRINKING A MARTINI Again, we l ike to add pecul iar statues along busy highways. • Oh, and we know what a MUNCHIE MAP is.
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