For now I'm limited to 3 or 4 days here & there and have to be somewhat close close to home, Indiana. I have an Indiana State Museum pass which gets us into several places around the state but it isn't enough to visit one area and fill up 3 or 4 days. So I google search free things to do in ****town, Indiana. Usually the pay for stuff comes up first. Then I spread my search to nearby towns or towns on the route. In my case my route is a loop. My loop usually includes a visit to a y and since we like to look at old stuff, we search flea markets and thrift stores. We don't have much room so we can't buy but it is fun to look. We also use the GPS to find parks or libraries to hang out at. On our last excursion, we found a library that also houses a glass museum. We didn't see it on a google search or in any tourist info.... it was on the fine print on our map. It wasn't out of our way and we loved it. We also found a museum that was on the history of the town. It was privately owned, housed in an old government building and funds itself by renting out one very fancy room and by renting out farmer market spaces. Yeah there was a bit of military history but plenty on the industry, waterways and geology of the place. We like to research as we go. We like to stop and watch water flow - so soothing unless it has poured down rain. some day we hope to see more than Indiana but we figure we are practicing for the real thing when we are free to go. We also don't try to fill up all our time. Last time we were out we found a free concert. Too bad we didn't haul chairs. Some times we just rest. We also found a small town festival. We loved the small town. The festival was like any other festival...