13 Weirdest Towns in Indiana — One Is Literally Named Santa Claus

Santa Claus, Indiana has the only post office in the world named after Santa, and volunteers there answer around 20,000 children's letters every year. It all started with a paperwork problem in 1856. This countdown goes through 13 of the strangest places in Indiana: a hotel dome once called the eighth wonder of the world, a town sold as a utopia twice, the only covered wooden canal aqueduct left in America, a castle-like monastery with its own brewery, World's Fair houses moved across Lake Michigan by barge, a small city designed by world-famous architects, the first state capital and the only Civil War battle fought in Indiana, the Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad, and a 3,000-pound concrete egg. And at the end, we answer one question: why did so many strange things happen in a state everyone thinks is ordinary? Chapters 0:00 The town that answers letters to Santa 1:23 #13 Mentone 2:09 #12 Nashville 3:12 #11 Ferdinand 4:16 #10 Shipshewana 6:05 #9 Beverly Shores 7:18 #8 Metamora 8:33 #7 Corydon 10:05 #6 Columbus 11:59 #5 Fountain City 13:22 #4 New Harmony 15:03 #3 French Lick 16:18 #2 West Baden Springs 17:51 #1 Santa Claus 19:39 Why so many strange things happened here Which of these 13 places would you visit first? Tell me in the comments.