The J.D. Marshall needed a better publicity agent, someone like Gordon Lightfoot to write a song about it. The sunken vessel ...

Within sight of Chicago, a beachy getaway is just a drive away. Best of all, this beach is a protected national park. Indiana ...

Indiana Dunes State Park is actually located inside the boundary of Indiana Dunes National Park. The park consists of more than 2,000 acres with a three-mile beach and awesome hiking trails.

Visitors walk along the beach May 15, 2020, at the Indiana Dunes State Park in Chesterton, Indiana. A principal at Gary’s Roosevelt High School was instrumental in desegregating the beach in 1934.

An entrance pass is required to enter the state park or national park area at the Indiana Dunes. It's $15 per person; $20 for a motorcycle; or $25 for a private vehicle, and can be purchased on ...

The Pokagon State Park near South Bend will offer a 2.5-mile hike that begins at the CCC Shelter at 9 a.m. Hikes will take place in all 50 states, the Department of Natural Resources said.

In 2019, then-President Donald Trump designated Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore — which has beaches running along about 15 miles of the Lake Michigan Shoreline — as Indiana Dunes National Park.