Richmond – White Hall Historic Site
It’s said that every picture tells a story. But sometimes pictures are lost, or missing, or were never taken in the first place. That leaves only part of the story on display. And at...
Author: Rebecca Hanchett
Frankfort – Josephine Sculpture Park
It looks like any other family farm at first glance: a narrow gravel lane, fields of tall grass, a weathered barn, a farmhouse. But look closely. Soon you’ll see the sculpture. It’s all around...
Elizabethtown – Cannonballs and Lincolns
Civil War cannonballs turn up in the darndest places. People have found them lodged in bedroom doors (see the blog on Perryville), washed up on beaches, and have even uncovered them while digging...
Elizabethtown – Swope’s Cars of Yesteryear
Let’s talk about cars … I’m just going to come out and say it: the Pontiac Trans Am was absolutely the coolest car of the 1980s, especially if you were a teenager. It was...
Daniel Boone National Forest & Cumberland Falls
Saturdays at my house are reserved for TV westerns. I start early with Have Gun, Will Travel, then run through Maverick, Wagon Train, and Gunsmoke (pre-Festus, please) before ending the sofa-bound adventure on the...
Danville
Someone told me once that my dad was born on a kitchen table. I’ve always thought that was a joke since Dad, like me, shined at disassembling a decent meal. My grandmother made it...
Perryville
Along the Chaplin River Ducks rested on exposed rock along the bed of the Chaplin River as my friends, the Kaelins, and I surveyed the water from a pedestrian bridge. Like us, the birds...
Old Washington
The red-brown brick façade of Washington Hall was warm to the touch when I stopped by on a recent walking tour of this historic district in Maysville. It had spent the morning facing east...
Maysville
We’re going to talk about Kentucky bourbon. Yep, I know what you’re going to say. Bourbon is far from unexpected in Kentucky. It’s actually one of the Big Three draws for Kentucky tourists that...
Laurel County
Dateline: London Tall pines were catching the midday sun when I drove off the interstate onto KY 80 and headed into London. It’s a professional town, especially for the dozens of lawyers who practice...