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Ready for Summer Fun? 10 Things for Your Summer Getaway Itinerary

June 10, 2022
Flags on porch of French Lick Resort
Summer is a limited-time offer. Blink, and it'll be time for back-to-school sales and the Labor Day summer wind-down.
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The Apollo Nameplate: From Buried to Revived

May 25, 2022
Apollos Spring
Apollo — er, well, “Apoll”, still minus the O — is back home once again.
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Mystery Items from West Baden: Can You Help Us Solve the Puzzle?

May 19, 2022
French Lick Resort Mystery Item
Maybe you hold the key to some of the pieces of our past.
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Take a Look at the New West Baden Springs Hotel Museum

May 11, 2022
West Baden Spring Hotel Museum
To think how much history is contained here at West Baden Springs Hotel, it’s tough to wrap your arms around it.
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Looking back to the 1949 Derby season gambling raid

May 05, 2022
The Brown Hotel Post Card
Derby weekend. It starts with drinking, gambling and the usual good times, and ends with the hotel doors chained shut and the casino shut down for good.
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7 Things to Know About Our New Archery Range

April 29, 2022
archer with bow drawn
Ready to hit us with your best shot? Go for it, because we’ve got a brand-new resort adventure for you to try.
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Cheers to Our Movie-Inspired Absinthe Cocktails

April 22, 2022
So cold the River book and cocktails
If you’re in the mood to sip on something different, shake it up with a couple movie-inspired cocktails during your next visit.
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Peter the Great: a Legendary Horse With a Legacy at French Lick

April 14, 2022
Peter the Great
Our history with horses runs deep here at the resort, from the famous double decker horse and bicycle track popular in the 1800s, to the Kentucky Derby theme that greets you today when you step inside 1875: The Steakhouse.
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Notes From the Past, Hiding in West Baden Springs Hotel Library

April 07, 2022
West Baden Springs Hotel Library
We get it — you won’t have time to read “Moby Dick” cover to cover or get through all of “The Sound and the Fury” during your stay here. Even so, you’ll want to make a point to stop inside the library at West Baden Springs Hotel for a peek at what’s hiding within these shelves.
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Hoosier Pride Has a Starring Role in "So Cold the River"

March 23, 2022
Hoosiers
Just two days away from the March 25 debut of So Cold the River! Our final blog of behind-the-scenes content covers the Hoosier hospitality that impressed the cast and crew during the shooting of the movie at West Baden Springs Hotel in January and February of 2020. As you'd expect, a lot of small-town pride went into the making of this movie.
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