Mad About Monticello, Indiana!

Sep 2nd, 2009 | By Jessica Nunemaker | Category: Monticello, little Towns

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While you may associate Monticello with Indiana’s largest Amusement Park (Indiana Beach), there is more to Monticello than twisting wooden coasters, zippin’ water slides, and fried food.

A small town, with a population under 6,000, Monticello has a lot to offer. They even have plans to create what looks to be a well planned and thought out skate park, although what I know about skateboarding is – okay, I know nothing about skateboarding but it looks really neat and I would totally love to learn how…if I wasn‘t scared of breaking something! Me = Klutz. Me + Wheels = Disaster.

Anyway, the town is beyond cute. The old, well-kept shop buildings are really a site to see and most of them look great! It’s nice to see such an assortment in a little place. The town even has a large drive-in movie theater — how cool is that? It’s been around since 1949 and draws 45,000 people to its first-run, double features! Find homemade root beer at the B & K Drive-In and plenty of kid-friendly food. Locals directed me to Abe’s Pizza, a way cute pizza joint. Read more about Abe’s Pizza here. Bonus: it’s just down from Kinser’s Bakery, so grab something yummy for dessert!

I was totally diggin’ Monticello, Indiana and can’t wait to go back and do more exploring and shopping…and eating — and maybe hit up the amusement park as well!

Your Turn: What’s your favorite thing to do in Monticello?