Indiana State Soldiers Home Historic District

The Wabash Heritage Trail is a hiking trail running from Fort Ouiatenon to the Tippecanoe Battlefield Park in Battle Ground, Indiana. It is approximately 13 miles (21 km) long and passes along the cities of West Lafayette and Lafayette, Indiana. The path consists of approximately 5+1⁄2 miles of paved path and 7.5 miles of unpaved footpath. Bicycles are permitted on paved portions of the trail. Horses and motorized vehicles are not allowed on any portion of the trail.

Happy Hollow Heights Historic District is a national historic district located at West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The district encompasses 54 contributing buildings in a predominantly planned residential section of Lafayette, platted in 1953 and expanded in 1958. It developed between about 1953 and 1967 and includes representative examples of Ranch, Modern, and Split-level style architecture.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

Curtis–Grace House, also known as the Roy and Leona Curtis House and Richard and Connie Grace House, is a historic home located at West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was built in 1958, and is a two-story, banked, post-and-beam Modern Movement style dwelling, with a broad, low-pitched offset gable roof. It is constructed of concrete block, redwood, natural stone, and plate glass. The overall dimensions are approximately 82 feet by 23 feet. The surrounding landscaped property is a contributing site.: 3 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

Wildcat Creek is a tributary of the Wabash River in north-central Indiana. The stream is 84 miles (135 km) long and drains an area of 804.2 square miles (2,083 km2). Wildcat Creek consists of three main forks-North, South, and Middle. All forks flow in a general east-west direction through varied topography and land uses, including cropland, pasture, forest and developed areas. The major tributaries of the Wildcat are the Little Wildcat Creek and the Kokomo Creek. This creek would be known as a river in most areas of the United States due to its width. At its mouth, the estimated mean annual discharge of Wildcat Creek is 817.79 cubic feet per second (23.157 m3/s), according to the US Environmental Protection Agency.In November 1812, an American military force was defeated in the Battle of Wild Cat Creek, sometimes known as "Spur's Defeat".The Wildcat travels through Greentown, Kokomo and Burlington before joining the Wabash River near Lafayette. Just west of Greentown, the creek becomes the Kokomo Reservoir. The Wildcat Guardians, a private environmental/recreational organization, works to keep the creek free of litter and debris.Wildcat Creek is also a Group 5 waterway below dams in Kokomo, and due to high mercury and PCB content, fish are not to be consumed west of the dam.In February 2014, the Wildcat Creek was featured on CBS Evening News for its ice dam jams, because of the frigid winter season.

West Lafayette Community School Corporation is a top rated, public school district located in West Lafayette, Indiana. It has 2,316 students in grades K-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 16 to 1. According to state test scores, 72% of students are at least proficient in math and 72% in reading. The West Lafayette Community School Corporation administers the following schools in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States: West Lafayette Elementary School (Formerly known as Cumberland Elementary School) West Lafayette Intermediate School West Lafayette Junior-Senior High SchoolThe superintendent is Shawn Greiner.

Spensa Technologies was a private company based in the Purdue Research Park in West Lafayette, Indiana that specialized in precision agriculture. The company, founded in 2009, was known for its ag-related technology, including automated pest sensors and software. It was acquired in April 2018 by DTN.

William Henry Harrison High School (HHS) is a four-year public high school in Tippecanoe County, Indiana near West Lafayette. The school is part of the Tippecanoe School Corporation.

West Lafayette Junior-Senior High School (also informally known as West Side High School or simply West Side) is the only high school within the West Lafayette city limits, and is administered by the West Lafayette Community School Corporation. West Lafayette Junior-Senior High School was constructed in 1939 of cream brick and glass at a cost of $225,000, and was remodeled in the late 1990s. The school is located near Purdue University, and the children of many Purdue faculty and staff attend West Side. In 2012, the school was ranked as the 2nd and 4th best public high school in Indiana by U.S. News & World Report and Newsweek, respectively. As of 2021, the high school was ranked in U.S. News & World Report as 2nd in Indiana and 239th nationwide.

Samara, also known as the John E. Christian House, is a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The home is an example of the Usonian homes that Wright designed. Samara was built from 1954 to 1956 and was still occupied by the original owner, John E. Christian, until he died on July 12, 2015.

Chauncey–Stadium Avenues Historic District, also known as the West Lafayette Historic District, is a national historic district located at West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The district encompasses 644 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Lafayette. It developed between about 1890 and 1952 and includes representative examples of Queen Anne, Shingle style, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Franciscan Health Lafayette Central is no longer a hospital, but houses Franciscan Health Community Education, various medical offices and the St. Elizabeth School of Nursing (the only hospital-based nursing school in the state of Indiana). Franciscan Health Lafayette Central, previously known as St. Elizabeth Central, was a 155-bed hospital in Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and part of the Franciscan Health hospital system. Previously known as the St. Elizabeth Medical Center, the hospital was renamed in 2009 during the construction of St. Elizabeth East. In the 1980s it was known as St. Elizabeth Hospital.

Hills and Dales Historic District is a national historic district located at West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The district encompasses 136 contributing buildings and 39 noncontributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Lafayette, platted in 1922–1924. It developed between about 1911 and 1951 and includes representative examples of Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, French Renaissance, and Ranch style architecture. Notable contributing buildings include the Haniford House (1911, 1919), Herbert Graves House, (c. 1938–1939), and Marion J. Eaton House (c. 1940–1941).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.