We make the trip a 2 or 3 times per year and usually go the usual route.
We've found Chattanooga to be a wonderful stop and sometimes stay two nights there. The downtown and river area is festive and very easy to get around on their electric busses. Nice aquarium and museum in the downtown. Easy city to walk around. Stone Mountain and the incline railway are also fun. Stone Fort Inn is a very nice B&B in the downtown area and you can also stay on the Chattanooga Choo-Choo.
Nashville has the music and Gaylord Palms at Christmastime. Louisville has the Louisville Slugger Factory & Museum which is fun if you were a baseball player or have a son/grandson along. Can purchase a bat with your/their name burned into it. Indy has the Speedway which has a nice museum and you can ride around the track and the 1 yard of bricks.
If you hit Gary at rush hour, you're dead but if you've overnighted in Indy and hit it around noon you shouldn't have too much of a problem.
Go Cubs!
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