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Continue reading →: Chasing the Bourbon Trail in Louisville: Top Spots along Whiskey Row and Museum RowDowntown Louisville, Kentucky is located immediately west of 65 over to 9th Street, though some say it extends to 18th where it blends into Russell neighbourhood. The main street through downtown is conveniently called Main Street. It is alternately known as Museum Row or Whiskey Row, due to its large…
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Continue reading →: Union County: Tennessee White Lightning & The Cradle of Country MusicEast Tennessee’s Union County was formed in the 1850s where other surrounding counties like Knox, Grainger, Anderson, Campbell, and Claiborne counties meet. It falls within the Ridge-And-Valley range of the Appalachian Mountains and is surrounded by several notable mountains like Copper Ridge, Lone Mountain, Hinds Ridge, House Mountain, and Clinch…
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Continue reading →: Lushing Around Hamilton, Ohio’s Historic Rossville DistrictHamilton, Ohio is divided from west to east by the Great Miami River. If you view the river and Main Street as a downtown grid, Rossville is immediately west of center. Rossville was a separate city in the beginning, from about 1804 to 1854, before it was annexed by the…
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Continue reading →: Hamilton, Ohio’s German Village & Operation PumpkinThe German Village in Hamilton, Ohio is one of the city’s four main downtown historic districts. It is located in northeast Hamilton, directly north of, and sometimes overlapping, the downtown Central Business District (CBD). German Village is situated on the eastern bank of the Great Miami River and extends over to…
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Continue reading →: The Dayton Lane Historic District in HamiltonThe Dayton Lane Historic District, aka Dayton-Campbell National Register District, is one of Hamilton’s three historic districts that made the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Over 200 houses and buildings are included in the NRHP status, and an estimated 1,600 people live in this neighbourhood. Dayton Lane Historic…
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Continue reading →: Bell, Book, & Candle: Seeking Spirit in MarshallI’ve been restless. O Lungo Drom has welled up inside me like a wave, and we all know that when the water draws back suddenly from the shore, you need to run. This sensation both haunts and instigates much of what I do. I spend a lot of time exploring…
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Continue reading →: Big Bone Lick State Historic Site: It’s About Paleontology, Ya CreepBig Bone Lick is located in Union, Kentucky, just minutes off I-75. What’s a lick, you ask? Oh, I’ll tell you. A “lick” refers to a salt lick, as in, the water there is really salty. Prehistoric animals used to wander over to the salt springs for a little lick…
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Continue reading →: Waynesville: Quakers, Antiques Capital of the Midwest, & the Ohio Sauerkraut FestivalHow to Explain It Waynesville, Ohio is a small town in Wayne Township, inside Warren County, which is known as Ohio’s Largest Playground. While Waynesville is an official city inside an official county, locals refer to Waynesville as their “village” within a township. If you are from the Midwest, you…
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Continue reading →: Cincinnati’s Glenwood Gardens & Woodland Era MoundsGlenwood Gardens is a park and nature center in north Cincinnati between the Woodlawn and Winton Woods communities. When you first arrive, stop in the Cotswald Visitors Center and Nature’s Niche shop. You can pick up a park map, water, gifts and souvenirs, or visit public restrooms. There are a…
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Continue reading →: Lexington’s Jefferson District, Gratz Park, & Epic TacosLexington, Kentucky has a few emerging districts that have been generating some buzz and adding further definition to downtown. While the landmarks and streets themselves are nothing new, the culture and visions of each community have evolved and that is something to be celebrated with a bit of rebranding. I…
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Continue reading →: Horsin’ Around Lexington’s NoLi District & East EndThe North Limestone District, called NoLi for short, is a segment of North Limestone Street that connects at Main Street on its southern end, and extends north up to Loudon Avenue and beyond. North Limestone Street was originally called Mulberry Street when the area was settled, and it was one…
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Continue reading →: Knoxville’s Marble City & Sequoyah Hills NeighbourhoodsMarble City is a neighbourhood along Sutherland Avenue, between Concord Street and Forest Hills Boulevard. It runs parallel to Kingston Pike from downtown through Bearden. Many of the people I know who live/lived in Marble City are young professionals, foreign students or employees at ORNL, or grad students at the…
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