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Lafayette, Indiana

Cholera Mass Graves of Fink Cemetery

An unknown number of cholera victims are buried in two nondescript graves.

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Family Tree Gravestones

Tombstones carved to look like tree trunks are used for multiple generations of family members.

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The Smoking Fence

Purdue students would lean over this iron fence to skirt campus rules against smoking and courting.

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1 mile from Lafayette

West Lafayette, Indiana

Fort Ouiatenon

Historians and hobbyists head to this former French outpost for the annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon.

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4 miles from Lafayette

West Lafayette, Indiana

Prophet's Rock

The large rock formation where the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa stood and encouraged his warriors during the Battle of Tippecanoe.

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6 miles from Lafayette

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Feast of the Hunters' Moon

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Feast of the Hunters' Moon

The autumn event re-creates meals shared by French settlers and Native Americans at an 18th-century fort.

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