Kokomo, where America's first car was manufactured (fun fact – before Detroit took over, Indiana had more car companies than any other place in the U.S.), takes its automotive heritage seriously. So car lovers will want to visit the Kokomo Automotive Heritage Museum located in the same building as the Kokomo Visitor’s Center.

Designed to take you along a winding path from the beginning of the auto history (1894) to present, see more than 100 antique and classic automobiles (and a few fire trucks too), all in their gleaming glory.

The 180 acre Highland Park with a walking path along Kokomo Creek. But most interestingly, housed in a glass sided building is the Sycamore Stump which once stood at the west end of Howard County where Kokomo is located. The stump, from a tree that was estimated to be 800 years old at the time it was cut down in 1916, is 57 feet in circumference and one of its lower branches was eight feet in circumference.