From key battlefields such as Perryville and Mill Springs to the birthplaces of presidents of both the Union (Abraham Lincoln at Hodgenville) and Confederacy (Jefferson Davis at Fairview), Kentucky is a rich repository of history related to the American Civil War. Kentucky was caught in the middle of the epic battle that preserved the nation, and touring these and other sites will reveal the important role the state played in this historic conflict.
Other facets of American history come alive when you visit places like Cumberland Gap, where Daniel Boone and others blazed trails that allowed expansion of a young nation; Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, where a utopian community formed in the mid-19th century; and Stearns Mining & Lumber Co. in the Daniel Boone National Forest, which portrays life in the many towns that sprang up in Kentucky coal country to supply the fuel that powered the nation’s emergence as an industrial power.
The tradition of fine bourbon making has been a part of this site's heritage for more than two centuries. In fact, there has been a working distillery on the grounds since ...
Restored 1817 brick home, now city-operated. Tours by appointment.
The Sandford Duncan Inn is among the oldest if not the oldest remaining structure in Simpson County. It is thought to have been built about 1818 in what was the...
Welcome to Science Hill. Its history as an outstanding preparatory school ran from 1825 until 1939. During that time, girls came from all over the nation to learn and enjoy...
Restored commissary and camp houses of the South East Coal Company. Music and dancing Friday and Saturday nights. Wine tastings daily. ATV rentals available. Skeet shooting...
The Old Stone Jail was designed by the H. P. McDonald Brothers of Louisville, Ky. The McDonald Brothers' superintendent, Peter Pfeiffer, an experienced stone mason hi...
There's Only One...world's largest handblown stained glass window.
The 100-year-old cathedral, the principal church in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covingon,...
Pick up a brochure at the Tourism Commission, enjoy the stone fences and learn how to spot the difference in turnpike, plantation and edge-type fences.
Historical building with mural painted by German prisoners of war during WWII. Being completely restored for museum and cultural center. from kentuckytourism.com
Built in the early 1870's and upgraded in 1940 by the WPA; again in 1973; and in 2001.
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