Fort Wayne/Allen County Convention and Visitors Bureau 1021 S. Calhoun Street Fort Wayne, IN 46802 (260) 424-3700 Population 173072 Time Zone East. Standard Latitude/Longitude 41.06° /-85.12° Today's Forecast HIGH: 61 LOW: 45

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Attractions

Divided by no less than three rivers (the St. Mary's, St. Joseph, and Maumee), Fort Wayne offers multiple cultural attractions, many of them revolving around the natural world.

Everyone can enjoy the top-rated Fort Wayne Children's Zoo. Ever changing and ever growing, the zoo will open a new African Journey in 2009. Meanwhile, you can ride the miniature train, take a dugout canoe through the Australian outback, or see sharks and jellyfish in the 20,000-gallon Great Barrier Reef aquarium. You can visit the tropics and the desert in a single afternoon at the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory. The conservatory's three indoor gardens occupy some 25,000 square feet under glass. Floral splendor can also be found at Lakeside Park -- its nationally recognized rose garden has over 2,000 plants representing 150 varities. The park's historic sunken garden was restored and rededicated in 2006.

Science Central, the city's interactive science museum, features over 120 hands-on exhibits, including a high-rail bike, a moon jump, and an area specifically designed for kids up to seven years of age. Fort Wayne also boasts the world's largest private collection of Abraham Lincoln memorabilia. The Lincoln Museum displays hundreds of 19th-century artifacts among its 11 galleries and interactive exhibits. The African/African-American Historical Museum, which opened in 2000, has ten permanent exhibits on subjects including the African village, slavery and the underground railroad, and the contributions of African-American inventors. More artifacts are on view at the History Center located in the architecturally imposing Old City Hall building. The museum's treasures include General Anthony Wayne's camp bed and Johnny Appleseed's flask. Johnny Appleseed himself (born John Chapman) lies at rest in the park that bears his name.

More cultural doings can be found at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, where works by American and European artists are on display, and at the Embassy Theatre, a beautifully restored 1920s movie palace, home of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic.

Local sports fans enjoy a surprising breadth of choices. The expanded Memorial Coliseum plays host to two teams: the UHL Komets (who have been active locally since 1952) and the Fusion (newcomers, who begin their first Arena Football 2 season in early 2007). For baseball, the Wizards of the Midwest League, Class-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, play next door at Memorial Stadium. Soccer fans will find the men's and women's teams of the Fort Wayne Fever (PDL and W-League) playing just a stone's throw away at Hefner Field.

For a quiet rural escape, forests, prairies and ponds form the natural backdrop at the 110-acre Lindenwood Nature Preserve where you can traipse about in solitude on four miles of trails.

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