Destination: Muncie

Today's excuse to eat lasagna? Garfield turns 48. 🎉

Created by Indiana cartoonist Jim Davis, Garfield has been making us laugh since 1978.

Celebrate the big day by exploring the Garfield Trail, snapping a selfie with your favorite statue, and showing some love for one of Muncie and Delaware County's best!

Garfield Trail: https://destinationmuncie.org/garfield/

Happy Garfield Day to all who celebrate! 48 years since the first Garfield comic was published

Today we recognize and honor Juneteenth. A day that marks freedom and resilience. We're grateful to pause and celebrate alongside our community. Happy Juneteenth.

Pool person? Patio loyalist? Fair food fanatic? Your summer personality says a lot about you. Tell us where you belong. 👇🏼

Meet our Experience Guide Photo Contest winner, Jess Clay!

She is a local Muncie photographer who provides a variety of different sessions. Jess graduated from Delta High School where she took photos for the yearbook. She loves the connections in the community that photography allows her to make and the ability to explore her hometown, uncovering new beauty along the way.

Check out her work and learn more in our 2026 guide: https://destinationmuncie.org/plan-your-trip/

We’re proud to support the new Delaware Co Athletic Hall of Fame installation at Horizon Convention Center! 🏆

This display celebrates the athletes, coaches, teams, and community members whose talent, dedication, and impact have helped shape Delaware County’s rich sports history. It’s another meaningful way to honor local legacy while welcoming visitors to experience the stories that make our community special.

Thanks to everyone involved in bringing this project to life!

Think you know Muncie and Delaware County?

Let's find out.

The new 2026 Experience Guide is here, and it starts with a pop culture quiz featuring surprising connections to Muncie and Delaware County. (Trust us, a few of these answers might stump you.)

Then, keep turning the pages to discover a restaurant with front-row views of planes taking off and landing, one of the Midwest's newest skateparks, handmade jewelry worn by celebrities, and so much more.

Grab a copy and start planning your next adventure. The guide is available in our office downtown, you can also request a copy by mail or view it online: https://destinationmuncie.org/plan-your-trip/

We have a winner!!!

Congratulations to Joshua Totten, the winner of our Ultimate Deluxe Burger Basket Grand Prize valued at more than $650! 🎉

Thank you to everyone who participated in Burger Week and supported our amazing local restaurants. We hope you discovered a new favorite burger and enjoyed exploring the special menus created just for the week.

And a huge thank you to the businesses that helped make our grand prize basket possible: Lahody Meats, Juicy Jake's Smashburger's , JohnTom's Barbecue, Mulligan's Clubhouse Grill, Four Day Ray Brewing, Roots Burger Bar, Savage's Ale House, Route 3 Bar and Grill, and The Downtown Farm Stand.

We couldn't have done it without your generosity and support. Until next year... keep supporting local and keep exploring Muncie's amazing food scene! ❤️

You know what they always say, dessert first! (Or maybe that's just what we say.)

Our latest adventure takes you across Delaware County for scoops, baked treats, cookies, sundaes, and all the sweet stops worth saving room for.

Consider this your dessert bucket list this summer: destinationmuncie.org/sweet-stops-in-delaware-county/

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Iceburg Ice Cream/ Thornburg Farms
Mancino's Sweet Shop
Cocoa & Cream Collective
The Barking Cow of Gaston
The Frozen Boulder Yorktown
Concannon's Bakery & Coffee Bar

MEET THE MAKER: John Peterson Pottery (Albany, Indiana) 🏺🎨

For decades, John Peterson has helped shape East Central Indiana’s ceramics tradition by creating well designed, functional pottery and teaching generations of students along the way. From his early days studying art at Ball State to building a studio that’s also a working pottery school, John’s work is a true local legacy.

This weekend is the perfect time to experience it in person at the John Peterson Pottery Spring Sale & Show:
🗓 Saturday & Sunday, June 6–7
🕘 9 AM – 5 PM
📍 5801 E. Pottery Rd., Albany

Stop by to shop one-of-a-kind pieces, meet their makers, and support an artisan tradition that’s still thriving right here in Delaware County.