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The 25 places to see in Kentucky.

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Don't forget Big Bone Lick, which is on Beaver Road, just down a spell from Beaver Lick.

 

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Jim, you should take a poll of people and ask them if they prefer Big Bone Lick or Beaver Lick more. Just be sure to include a third option because some may like both equally. I'm just curious as to which is the more popular destination.

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Growing up in W. Kentucky, I gotta say Barkley and Kentucky lakes are hard to beat for outdoor summer recreation.

Natural Bridge

Cumberland Gap

Jenny Wiley

Cumberland Lake

The Kentucky Horse Park and Keeneland

Land Between the Lakes

Mammoth Cave

My Old Kentucky Home

The Stephen Foster Story

Makers Mark Distillery

The Heaven Hill Bourbon Heritage Center

Churchill Downs

Louisville Slugger Field

Louisville Slugger Museum

Centre College

The Kentucky Corvette Museum

Abraham Lincoln's Boyhood Home

Daniel Boone National Forest

Newport Aquarium

Moonlight Barbeque in Owensboro

Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill

The Kentucky River

The Ohio River

Thunder Over Louisville

Bluegrass Music Festival

 

 

This is just a random sampling of my thoughts, and in no particular order.

 

We are on a 3 day vacation, we hit My Old KY Home today, took the tour and the place is very nice. We also went to the Lincoln Homestead SP, then Lincoln's Boyhood Home at Knob Creek, and then on to his birth place in Larue County. Tomorrow is Mammoth cave tour (4hours/4miles) and then onto Rough River Dam resort for a night. Very busy two days for the wife and I, luckily I brought some beverages since Cave City is "moist".

Patti's On The River (restaurant in western KY)

Land Between the Lakes (dwarfs Lake Cumberland)

Pratt Museum at Fort Campbell

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I know them both well.

 

Patti's is terrific. I like to go there after a good mountain bike ride at the Canal Loops, a trail on the northern most end of Land Between The Lakes.

 

There's actually a plan in the works to make a new museum at Fort Campbell, "The Wings of Liberty". It will be just off of 41A (on post though) so visitors won't need a pass to get on post.

 

Later.

There's a GREAT homecookin restaurant in Berea!! Could someone supply the name for me!!

 

If it's not the Boone Tavern, could it possibly be the Dinner Bell?

I know them both well.

 

Patti's is terrific. I like to go there after a good mountain bike ride at the Canal Loops, a trail on the northern most end of Land Between The Lakes.

 

There's actually a plan in the works to make a new museum at Fort Campbell, "The Wings of Liberty". It will be just off of 41A (on post though) so visitors won't need a pass to get on post.

 

Later.

 

There's also the General George Patton Museum located at Fort Knox. Located on 31W (Dixie Hwy) just north of the Gold Vault and the newest Kentucky Veterans Cemetery, this museum is also accessible to the public without going through checkpoints. Originally dedicated by Patton's wife in 1949, the museum was remodeled and enlarged in 1992. On the inside it contains WWI, WW2, and Post War Galleries, gift shop and the largest collection of Patton artifacts in the world. Outside are located armor and artillery displays, Armor Memorial Park and Keyes Park. It's a great place for field trips, group trips, or people who are just military history buffs. Hosting over 125,000 visitors a year, the Patton Museum is one of the largest in the entire Army's museum system. It's well worth a day's drive to take the family for a visit. Kids love to perch on the military vehicles for photo ops.

I don't know if I just missed this but what about the Frankfort Tour.

The Capitol, the old Capitol building with tons of history museums and the Frankfort cemetary with the grave of Daniel Boone overlooking the Ky. river.

There's also the General George Patton Museum located at Fort Knox. Located on 31W (Dixie Hwy) just north of the Gold Vault and the newest Kentucky Veterans Cemetery, this museum is also accessible to the public without going through checkpoints. Originally dedicated by Patton's wife in 1949, the museum was remodeled and enlarged in 1992. On the inside it contains WWI, WW2, and Post War Galleries, gift shop and the largest collection of Patton artifacts in the world. Outside are located armor and artillery displays, Armor Memorial Park and Keyes Park. It's a great place for field trips, group trips, or people who are just military history buffs. Hosting over 125,000 visitors a year, the Patton Museum is one of the largest in the entire Army's museum system. It's well worth a day's drive to take the family for a visit. Kids love to perch on the military vehicles for photo ops.

 

I loved this museum.

The Dari Bar in Silver Grove

 

Always jampacked but only open for a limited time as those owners vacation in Fla most of the year. Great Blizzards !!!!

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Jim, you should take a poll of people and ask them if they prefer Big Bone Lick or Beaver Lick more. Just be sure to include a third option because some may like both equally. I'm just curious as to which is the more popular destination.

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I seem to recall you saying it was no big deal back when its closure was announced, and I noted how much of a shame it was that none of the UK bluebloods would cut a check to keep it open.

 

:lol: Your obsessed with UK basketball....

what is Jenny Wiley?

William Whitley House in Lincoln County. It is the first brick house west of the Allegheny Mountains.

 

They are also in the beginning stages of rebuilding Logan's Fort in Stanford. It was the first settlement in Kentucky but an Indian attack drove the settlers to Fort Harrod. As such, Harrodsburg (named for James Harrod's settlement) is recognized as the oldest town in Kentucky and Stanford (named for "Standing Fort" for its survival after an Indian Attack) is recognized as the second oldest.

I would add Transylvania University to the list.

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