Ontario is in southwestern San Bernardino County, in the Inland Empire, 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. Ontario Mills is the largest outlet mall in California, Toyota Arena seats 11,000, and the city is a logistics hub for freight moving out of the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports. The airport, Ontario International, is…
Category: North America
Indianapolis to Aruba (IND → AUA)
Aruba is a Dutch Caribbean island 18 miles north of Venezuela and about 20 miles long, with Oranjestad as the capital and a dry climate that gets about 20 inches of rain a year. Eagle Beach, the widest beach on the island and rated one of the best in the world, is in a neighborhood…
Indianapolis to Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (IND → GCM)
Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands, about 22 miles long and 8 wide, south of Cuba in the western Caribbean, with George Town as the capital. Seven Mile Beach holds the largest concentration of visitors on the island, Stingray City, a set of shallow sandbars in the North Sound where visitors…
Indianapolis to Sarasota, Florida (IND → SRQ)
Sarasota sits on Sarasota Bay, a lagoon on Florida’s Gulf coast, and the barrier islands across the bay are most of the reason to come: Lido Key and St. Armands Key are inside the city limits, and so is part of Siesta Key, where Siesta Beach is. Off the sand, the John and Mable Ringling…
Indianapolis to Cancun, Mexico (IND → CUN)
Cancun is the Hotel Zone, a long strip of beach hotels on an island that juts into the Caribbean, with the city itself on the mainland and the airport about twenty minutes away by car. Most people who fly in don’t stay put: Isla Mujeres is a short ferry from Puerto Juárez, Playa del Carmen…
Indianapolis to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (IND → PHL)
Philadelphia sits between the Delaware River on its east side and the Schuylkill on its west, between New York and Washington. Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was signed and the Constitution ratified, and the Liberty Bell are the first stop; the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Reading Terminal Market, the indoor market at…
Indianapolis to Austin, Texas (IND → AUS)
Austin is the Texas capital, on the Colorado River at the foot of the Balcones Escarpment where the Hill Country begins, 74 miles northeast of San Antonio. Lady Bird Lake and Barton Springs are the middle of town, the Capitol is the landmark, and the live music, South by Southwest and Austin City Limits are…
Indianapolis to Tampa, Florida (IND → TPA)
Tampa sits on the Gulf side of Florida, on the north shore of Tampa Bay, with the Hillsborough River running right past downtown and the Riverwalk following it for two and a half miles. Ybor City is the old cigar district, Busch Gardens is the park, and the Gulf beaches are a drive: Clearwater Beach,…
Indianapolis to Houston, Texas (IND → IAH)
Houston sits on the Gulf coastal plain of southeast Texas, near Galveston Bay, and Galveston, where the ship channel reaches the Gulf, is the beach day. Space Center Houston and NASA’s Johnson Space Center, home of Mission Control, are the big stop, and the Museum District and the Theater District are the downtown list. Two…
Indianapolis to Dallas, Texas (IND → DFW)
Dallas is the eastern half of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex in north Texas, on the Trinity River. Dealey Plaza and the Sixth Floor Museum, the Arts District and Deep Ellum are the downtown list, Fair Park hosts the State Fair of Texas from late September to mid-October, and AT&T Stadium is out in Arlington. Two…