Things to Do in Shelbyville

The staff of this gaming manufacturer has an obsession - cornhole. From building boards and painting surfaces to renting out games, as long as its cornhole, they’re happy to do it. Their enthusiasm for creating vibrantly painted, quality boards with features like light-up entry holes and bag-zapping ray guns has impressed many a partier. Companies such as Google, ESPN, Ball State University, and the Rose Bowl have enlisted Indy Custom Cornhole to craft boards for their events. To take a break from tossing bags, the staff also offers bounce houses and ladder golf for rent.

One quarter-inch of armor plating divides the six lanes at Family Indoor Shooting Range, where bullets fly down 48-inch-deep panels toward targets in a temperature-controlled range with a three-stage air-filtration system. At the 3,000-square-foot pro shop, staffers hawk new and used firearms and outfit patrons with accessories such as ammo, holsters, cleaning kits, and scopes. Along with practice time on the range and gear, instructors assist students in mastering firearm basics during 60- to 90-minute range lessons, which are available after pupils complete an online-training course.

Whether it be the sophistication exuded by traditional, sleek, black limo or the idiosyncrasy advertised by the original Indy chicken limo, Circle City Transportation's vehicles make statements about the passengers riding inside them. The latter—ideal for a ride on the town that's guaranteed to turn heads—slides down the street with a fierce-looking fowl perched on the roof, glowering with electrified eyes from under a wide-brimmed cowboy hat. Tail plumage peeks out of the back half of the vehicle to threaten potential tailgaters with the laying of an enormous egg. Drivers ensure guests make an indelible statement when arriving at prom, a concert, or an elegant dinner reservation. Circle City Transportation also offers traditional limo rentals, chartering sleek land submarines for a girls' night out, bachelorette party, or excursion to an elegant ball benefitting tofu-awareness.

Once a year, spurred perhaps by the rise of the harvest moon or the purchase of thousands of Halloween costumes, the grounds at Corpse Manor transform from a quaint home into a trio of haunting exhibits. Within the manor itself, the terrifying tale of Lord Henry Calvert and his family unfolds as their house comes to unlife with walking corpses and ghosts. Also within the walls lies the Night Shadows experience, where hungry things stalk visitors through the interplay of light and shadow. Outside the house proper lies a stretch of forested land known as the Sinister Woods, where ghouls and monsters lurk behind each trunk, pursuing the unwary as they wander the gore-strewn paths.