I Just Moved to the Midwest—and This Charming Small Town Made Me Fall in Love With My New Home

I Just Moved to the Midwest—and This Charming Small Town Made Me Fall in Love With My New Home

And it's just 30 minutes from Indianapolis.View of businesses in Zionsville, Indiana during the fall.Credit: Visit IndianaI had started to wonder if I’d made a mistake. For days, I’d been driving through a version of the Midwest that felt interchangeable: long stretches of road lined with chain restaurants, big-box stores, and strip malls that blurred together in a beige déjà vu. It was practical, easy. But it didn’t stir anything in me.And then…