Constructed in the 1830s, the Whitewater Canal revolutionized Indiana’s economy by linking small towns to larger markets.

Members of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus will be in the city this Saturday for a town hall.

METAMORA, Ind. - On June 12, the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites surprised the small town of Metamora by announcing it would stop operating the Franklin County town’s beloved Whitewater ...

METAMORA, Ind. - Often billed as Indiana’s Canal Town, Metamora boasts a strong tourism pull with its historic grist mill and covered aqueduct that takes visitors back to an era before railroads.

Troop 47 Life Scout Carter Kennedy is aiming to deliver a refinished canal buoy boat to the Town of Pendleton by late summer, in concert with area-wide commemorations of the Erie Canal ...

Now Indiana’s only functioning canal town, Historic Metamora was a stop on the Whitewater Canal, built in 1847. The 76-mile stretch of waterway connected Hagerstown, Indiana to Cincinnati, Ohio ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Georgetown, Indiana, is getting a new town hall. The town just bought the former Christ United Methodist Church building on Canal Lane. Georgetown officials said they ...

The Ghost Train departs historic Metamora, an old canal town dating back to the 1830s, which this year is hosting Haunted Metamora — giving visitors a double dose of eerie delights.

9. Saugatuck, Michigan 10. Mackinac Island, Michigan Madison, Indiana Madison took the top spot on the list for the second year in a row, after winning Best Small Town in the Midwest in 2024 as well.

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to visit a functioning 19th-century canal town (and honestly, who hasn’t?), Metamora is your answer. This tiny eastern Indiana village is home to ...

5. Metamora Metamora: The kind of main street where you half-expect to see Tom Sawyer whitewashing a fence while Huck Finn plans their next adventure. Photo credit: Limestone Post Metamora exists as ...

Frederick John Kaufman III, age 85, of Metamora, Indiana passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at Wellspring of Cincinnati following a lengthy illness.