Having achieved statehood in 1816, in celebration of Indiana’s Bicentennial, greenfieldreporter has assembled a group of notable sites around the state worth a visit, such as female author Gene Stratton Porter’s house just outside Rome City that she helped build; and in Shelbyville, one of the last drive-in movie theatres in the country showing first-run features.

Included in the list is the Recreational Vehicle and Manufactured Home Hall of Fame and Museum in Elkhart, also known as the RV Capital of the World for turning out  80 percent of the world’s RVs. The museum contains some of the earliest models of mobile homes as well as a 1915 Model T with a 1916 telescoping apartment, retro travel trailers from the 1930s, and Mae West’s 1931 Housecar.

As MHProNews knows, the Hall is in a push to retire some debt as the Class of 2016 Hall of Fame Induction dinner Aug. 1 at the Hall of Fame’s Northern Indiana Event Center in Elkhart approaches. ##

(Photo credit:RV/MH Hall of Fame and Museum, Elkhart, IN)

Article submitted by Matthew J Silver to Daily Business News-MHProNews.