Downtown Indianapolis Monuments and Memorials Architecture Tour Walk Indianapolis

Indianapolis devotes more acreage than any other U.S. city to honoring our nation’s fallen, and is second only to Washington, DC, in the number of war memorials. This tour takes you from Monument Circle north to explore these impressive structures that pay homage to those who fought for our freedom.

It’s tough to miss the Indianapolis Artsgarden. This seven story tall glass dome sits suspended over the intersection of Illinois and Washington Streets, with traffic passing under it.

By the 1920’s, Indianapolis, like other American cities, was swept up in the magic of the motion picture. The Indiana Theater, built in 1927, was designed and built to outshine all other venues.

The Indiana Statehouse was built in 1888 and is the fourth building to house Indiana state government.

The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is the physical and spiritual heart of Indianapolis. But in a city where so much was planned, this was not what was supposed to go on the site at all.

The Circle Theater opened in 1916 as the city's first “movie palace” - and one of the first such buildings in the Midwest. Today it is the second oldest building on Monument Circle after Christ Church Cathedral, and is home to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.