Wonderful facility for many types of events! My future in-laws hosted an engagement party here for…read moremy fiancé and me. It was perfect! Highly recommended!

Located on South Main Street, in Winchester, I've driven by this place tens times. It's an old…read morehospital building, and they describe it as a signature Romanesque Revival building. It's three levels of bluegrass heritage, history, artifacts, etc. We were exploring the Hemp Fest this weekend and this was a recommended stop. They had a shuttle taking you to and from the fest. They recently added a hemp exhibit here, so this was a great opportunity to bring people in. Today they had a lady spinning hemp fiber and explaining that process and more. There was another volunteer in the hemp exhibit area. She too was super knowledgeable. I was surprised to learn how much hemp farming is part of the Winchester history. Located on the third floor, is the surgery room. As I walked around up there, I literally experienced the cold chills knowing the demise of many people in years past. If you work or are interested in the health field I definitely would recommend checking it out. That's not all on the top floor, but I'll leave the rest for you to discover. The second floor was my favorite. That's where the military history is. Usually I'm not too fascinated by history, but I was pleasantly surprised here. It was astounding to learn about the amount of the people who were drafted and served in several wars. The history that involved Clark Countians, was beyond intriguing to me. I'll post some exhibit photos. Don't miss it though, especially if you're a Kentuckian or if you're intrigued by history.

THIS ISN'T A MUSIC HISTORY MUSEUM I'm from California and I thought bluegrass was just a type of…read moremusic but I'm so happy I stopped by- it's a whole region! This museum has historical documents and artifacts that predate the state of Kentucky - the museum is run by former educators and they've put a lot of love and effort into this place- even restored floors and matched paint from its hospital days. I spent practically the whole four hours it was open wandering around with my tour guide and I feel like there was more to talk about. This woman was digging around attics and stuff getting old log books and things that by all reasonable people would have been lost to time and negligence and safeguarding them for the future. She was a fount of information and you can tell she cares a lot about the place and the history of the people that lived in Winchester. There's a whole room dedicated to military members and artifacts from various wars- long rifles and french phrase books, uniforms and captured flags. The whole museum is so well designed. I absolutely suggest you stop here if you're anywhere within a hundred miles, it's well worth it.

This roadside marker points out some of the history of the area and some of the earliest…read moresettlement. It is on the side of the road and there is room to pull over if you're careful. The marker has the same text on both sides. It reads, "Daniel Boone attended; Squire, Jr., Samuel and Mary Boone baptized here. Church name changed, 1790, from Howard's Creek to Providence. William Bush, a member of Boone's second Kentucky expedition, built the present stone structure of native limestone. United Baptists formed here in 1801. Building was passed to Negro Baptists, 1870. Restored after slight fire damage, 1949." It was erected in 1967 by the Kentucky Historical Society and is marker number 1068. [Review 17257 overall - 152 in Kentucky - 775 of 2022.]

I only visited the area that is in the middle of Red River Gorge. Most of the popular visitor spots…read moreare very easy to access. Probably 3/4 of a mile to most of the natural rock arches. Short walk from the parking lot There a few waterfalls. Copperas falls is like a 4 miles round trip hike. Pretty easy. Start next to the Osbourne Bend Loop trail. About Osbourne Bend Loop trail. It is 7 miles on the map but actually 9 because you have to walk back to the trail head on the Red River Gorge parkway. Very nice scenery through the whole trail. Due to different altitude and participation, very diverse plant life and rock formation . Marking is pretty spare, easy to get lost. There is a visitor center and gift shop on Red River gorge scenic road. Seems like a lot of people don't know that.

My hiking group from Michigan decided to visit this trail over the weekend. We had a great time…read more Although the trail was labeled as moderate, we felt the end was probably more challenging than not. Maybe it was moderate for those who are used to it and live in Kentucky. Things got really steep and slippery. Nevertheless, we had a great time. There's parking all over the forest and many hikers ! We enjoyed our stay and would definitely return. #NatureLovers.

The Clay's Ferry Bridge is a combination of three former bridges combined into one bridge. It…read morecarries Interstate 75 along with US 25 and US 421 across the Kentucky River between Madison and Fayette counties. Considering I have cousins that live in Fayette County and my daughter was born in Madison County you can take my word for it that I've gone over this bridge many times. I'm sorry I was busy driving the last time I went over this bridge or I would have taken a photo. You really need to be a distance away to capture the bridge as it is today. If you're in the area and pass over the bridge take notice of this historic landmark. Thanks to Bruce for reviewing. Thanks to Corey Larue for the photos taken September 2022.

While rather boring to cross, the Clays Ferry Bridge carries I-75 and US-25 over the Kentucky…read moreRiver. At highway level, there isn't much to see other than three lanes of in each direction with a low wall that overlooks the river. There are clear signs prohibiting stopping or pedestrian traffic on the bridge. I'd have to guess they had traffic problems and maybe BASE jumpers here as it is some 200 feet over the river. The bridge is actually three bridges, with the original piers from the 1946 and 1963 bridges being used as part of the construction of the new bridge. Completed in in 1998 there are three lanes in each direction and full-width shoulders. Each northbound/southbound roadway is 60 feet wide and it was most recently resurfaced in 2021. There is no toll to cross the bridge. [Review 20173 overall - 213 in Kentucky - 1149 of 2023.]

Really neat little living village reenactment of a walled colonial fort. Small museum of…read moreartifacts, most of it is life-size living displays. Small souvenir shop. Note, dogs allowed only on walking trails, not in museum or village reenactment.

I absolutely recommend if you don't mind a bitter of walking. Although there are benches placed…read morealong trail. It backs up to my actual farm. In fact I know one of the engineers that helped place it. It a nice pull off with a lovely site of the river

Why give it 5 stars? It's a new haunted attraction in Central Kentucky that's spooky from the…read moreoutside, scary throughout, and just plain Halloween fun. === === === === Joe & I pulled into the drive for The Slaughterhouse and from the start it was an eerie experience. There were only a couple of arrows and some caution tape to direct us to where we were supposed to go. Once around the back side of the barn, I parked and got out. We were greeted by the owner and told to go inside to the ticket area. Once through the ticketing area, it all started. The door slammed shut behind us and we were on our own to traverse the slaughterhouse. Dim lighting, some well-timed actor performances, a couple of sweet props to distract you, a maze, and fog machine that kept you wondering what was in front of you made the adventure tons of fun. That's all I'm going to tell you. The rest you'll have to find out for yourself! I can see myself going back again this year with friends just to see some of their reactions. I think that'd be fun. I'm also excited to see what these guys have in store for us next year. Definitely go check it out!

Sometimes the old things are better and sometimes the new things are better. The new Clay's Ferry…read moreInterstate Bridge carries high speed traffic over the Kentucky River so efficiently that if you're not paying attention, you wouldn't know that you're nearly 300 feet up. Bing, bang, zoom and you're across. The Old Clay's Ferry Bridge is still here. A bit to the north and down at river level, it carries local traffic. It is actually two Warren truss bridges and it was built in 1869. It is a single lane bridge and you should yield to traffic coming in the opposite direction. I took the "old" bridge today as I drove north to Lexington. I enjoyed the detour. There's a great view of the high bridge from here and a BBQ place. As I drove across, I thought about all those people up there zipping by at 80 miles an hour and they're missing out. [Review 558 of 2024 - 252 in Kentucky - 21589 overall]