Orchids! Orchids galore. There are around 2,000 orchids in the Rinard Orchid Greenhouse, plus…read morehundreds or maybe even thousands of tropical plants, including some endangered species. Rinard is considered to have the largest university-based orchid collection in the United States! This place is a tropical orchid oasis in the middle of Indiana. The Rinard Orchid Greenhouse is located on the Ball State University campus, and is used and maintained by students and staff. But the public is welcome to visit and take in the beauty of the greenhouse. And for free, too! Just walk in and enjoy being surrounded by lots of plants and living things everywhere, breathing right along with you. When I visited, I was told that I could wander freely, or I could wander while doing a scavenger hunt. I chose the scavenger hunt, and was handed a cute laminated paper with clip art images of some of the edible plants they have in the greenhouse. I walked around and tried to find the black pepper vine, and the purple passion fruit, and the turmeric plant, and the vanilla orchid. I'm happy to report that I found them all! This is a fun activity to do if you're visiting with kids, because it makes you pay attention to the types of plants that are living in the greenhouse. The greenhouse is small, but they pack a lot of plants and information into the building. Apparently, they have programs during the week, as well as guided tours by request. But I suggest just doing a self-tour and wandering at your leisure. This is a great place to just zone out and look at beautiful things.

Have a 18month old that just loves this place. Great place for even older kids to play on the…read moreindoor play equipment. My son could live at the water table. Place is always clean, staff is always welcoming and bathrooms are always clean. We will be back many more times can't rate this place high enough on family fun.

Just barely three stars, and only three stars because my children seemed to enjoy our visit…read more Like someone else said, this children's museum has seen better days, and those days were probably about 20 years ago. Everything is very old, dingy and dated. There are literally computer printouts taped to the walls as decorations. Many of the exhibits have broken and dirty objects in them, like torn upholstery on the chairs, dirty play food, torn carpet. Now, there is some art that is laminated, but those are peeling off the walls and placed on the wall all crooked. All these things make the museum feel so neglected. We got there on a weekday right when it opened, and the staff was still vacuuming while the children were running around and playing. Really? You can't do this before you open? Children were running around and jumping over the vacuum cord. Then, when I went to the gift shop to buy some food, the same dumb vacuum was placed right in front of the door so that I had to walk around it. Each of these things are not very big, but it's little things like this that show lack of attention to detail and bad customer service. The restroom is extremely old, and the handicap stall that I visited did not have a working lock. The toilet seat was literally disintegrating. The whole museum is not very well ventilated, and I kept smelling kid farts everywhere I went. (FYI: Kids fart a lot.) This museum is two stories, but when we visited, the exhibits upstairs were blocked off and no one could use them. Our visit was contained to the downstairs portion. I came with low expectations, but this was ridiculous and disappointing. Well, disappointing to me. My kids had fun, which is the whole point of visiting a children's museum, right? Nevertheless, I most likely won't be back unless the children beg me, which probably won't happen because there are many other places to play that are not in a state of disrepair.

I love a good roadside attraction and this one has been pinned on my map for a little while. We…read moretraveled from Wisconsin to Ohio for a wedding and made the detour to set a world record (even if it was for only an hour and a half). Everyone was a little weary about it as it added some time to our trip, but after everyone was happy we did it and it became a conversation topic for the weekend! We called on our way (be sure to pay attention to the time change if you're doing in a day) and Mike didn't seem like he wanted to chat, but we let him know about when we were going to be there and when we arrived, he was ready for us. He went through the story, getting into the world record book, then we picked out our color and got to painting. As we painted we chatted more and he told us some stories of all the different types of people that have visited, weird and unique paint jobs, and more. I am assuming he gets paint donated or he has paint that has been around a while, because it did have a unpleasant smell so we rolled quickly. Don't be too worried about getting it on your clothes unless you are reckless, there are long handles on the rollers, the most you'll get is on the bottom of your shoe. Its awesome you get to be a small part of a world record and worth the detour if you're in the area. He does accept donations through cash, venmo, or credit card. I recommend a stop!

I totally understand obsessions and the need to be first at something that many consider odd or…read moreunusual. Having the most reviews on Yelp would certainly be an obsession and that's where I am. So I went out of my way to stop here at the World' Largest Ball of Paint which is located in Indiana. Arriving during business hours, I was able to meet up with the painter himself, ask Mike some questions, see the wet paint and understand a bit about this pretty awesome piece of Americana. It is a bit out of the way but worth it. The Ball of Paint is free to visit and they do accept donations. You can also contribute to the paint ball. [Review 1313 of 2024 - 189 in Indiana - 22336 overall]

The third Thursday of the month is the Muncie Makers Market at MadJax, a community space for…read morecreators and makers. I happened to be in Muncie on the day that the night market was happening, so I popped in to see what was what. It takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. The Muncie Makers Market is like an indoor farmers market and craft bazaar, but also with pop-up food stalls, live music, hands-on activities (there was jousting/fencing going on when I visited), and art everywhere. You can also pop into MadJax's drop-in creative corner and make some art, or take a tour of the facility. I wandered around and looked at the things people were offering for sale: handmade jewelry, plants, hand-painted stationery, ornaments, clothing and lots more. Ultimately, I had to get a strawberry pie from The Pie Lady, who had her delicious-looking pies displayed so nicely. And each pie was only $5! What a steal for a homemade pie. This is a great place to shop local and eat local, and it made me feel all warm and fuzzy to be surrounded by creative Muncie people (Muncians?).

I really enjoyed it. my dad also enjoyed it. I played blade and sorcery and my dad played this game…read morekind of like t game I played but in the game you kill zombies by way of gun

It's a pretty typical county fairground. A few barns for livestock, another for 4 H projects, and…read moreone for produce. A few more buildings suitable for conventions (and gun shows). Jimi Hendrix played here once--long before my time. The county fair itself is pretty typical--but I like it. I hope there will be more local food there in the future. The Masons run a diner during the fair that has pretty good breakfast. Watching the demolition derby is a pretty good time, too.

The reclining seating and cleanliness have me giving this Muncie theatre a 5-star review. We went…read moreon a weeknight so it was dead (and very clean...everywhere) and the theatre wasn't busy at all. I would have liked to have a seat not sitting next to someone, given that the theatre was empty and full of seats, but these were the only options that were given when we paid for our tickets (kinds thought that was weird?). That would be the reason for the 4-stars. We didn't get concessions but they do have the freestyle Coke machines so that's a plus! Thanks to Yelp, I'll check out movies on Tuesday night for just $5! Also, if you are a major movie-goers, subscribing to the AMC STUBS is a great value!

The Marion AMC closed & now as of the last 4 months. I go to movie at least twice a week. How many…read moretimes people came in 45 minutes to a hour into the film. Talking very loud like a film has not been playing. Just adults who don't know how to act in a theater. I have been threatened many times. My last time I filled AMC on everything in corporate. But they are only using AI now. I was going to try to get the manager someone cause the whole theater was screaming at kids who walked in 40 min into obsession. All of them high and everyone started yelling at them. I left and got body checked then threatened the whole way out to beat my a** and calling me gay hate names. The manager didn't do 1 thing but again just look confused. She could have walked them in like other theaters do. I mean DO NOT GO TO THIS THEATER. The amount of fights that are happening then they will use your A list member. I was the only one they had a name of. So I have horrific footage of it all. Which I will be posting on Reddit. Because people taking Children here. Think twice they will NOT PROTECT YOU THERE. I have seen so much in these last 4 months. Me & my partner & mother took a 3 week break. Hoping AMC would protect the people coming. Fights are happening 5 to 10 times a week. & it will only get worse & worse. You sadly can't trust AMC to protect you or your kids. Some of these people fighting is all they know. & if AMC did walk through this would happen far less. Called 5 different theaters & all of them do Walk throughs! Don't let film be ruined for you here. Just go Emagine Theater or Regal or the best DraftHouse. They have someone outside each theater. & if your late your not aloud in. That's sadly what has to happen because AMC only cares about trying to survive before they go completely bankrupt. But these smaller theaters Make Sure this does not happen. It's incredible the amount of people I have talked to who have told me insane stories about AMC Muncie. The theater is gone now Don't waste your time or energy. Going during the week won't even save you! Trust me!

located attached to the library huge collections of glass…read morefrom glass bottles to glass images to cookware and Avon pieces to Martha Stewart collections early 1900 pieces on display awesome displays with historical information lots of history about manufacturing in early Indiana librarian was an absolute pleasure good 2 hour walk through clear displays and well lit

If you love Indiana glass, this is a great place to visit. Easy on the wallet. Lots to see and…read moreooh and aah at. Librarian was there to assist and she was very nice.