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Continue reading →: Grave Delights: Louisville’s Cave Hill Cemetery, the Shrine of Magnus and Bonosa, & the Highlands DistrictCAVE HILL CEMETERY Cave Hill Cemetery is the largest in Louisville, Kentucky, and one of the largest in the country. It spans around 300 acres compared to Hollywood Forever Cemetery’s 62 acres. Cave Hill Cemetery was intentionally created in the “rural garden” style that was unique to the United States…
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Continue reading →: Classics & Cryptids: Somernites Cruise & the International Paranormal Museum in SomersetSomerset is a small town in the Pennyroyal Plateau of Kentucky with just over 11 square miles. It is about an hour and twenty minutes from downtown Lexington, and two hours from Knoxville, TN. Thomas Hansford and his entourage of white settlers first moved in around 1798 and named the…
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Continue reading →: Historic Homes of George F. Barber, Knoxville’s Beloved ArchitectGEORGE F. BARBER (1854–1915) was a prominent architect and publisher in the late 1800s and early 1900s who gained an incredible amount of success with his company Geo. F. Barber & Co. Architects, and his novel production and distribution of mail order blueprint catalogs. Barber moved to Knoxville, my current…
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Continue reading →: Parkridge Beauties: Historic Homes by Knoxville’s Beloved Architect George F. BarberGEORGE F. BARBER (1854–1915) was a prominent architect and publisher in the late 1800s and early 1900s who gained an incredible amount of success with his company Geo. F. Barber & Co. Architects, and his novel production and distribution of mail order blueprint catalogues. Barber moved to Knoxville, my current…
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Continue reading →: Munfordville: Kentucky Stonehenge, Green River, & the Amish TrailMunfordville is the county seat of Hart County, Kentucky, a small town of 2.2 square miles and around 1,300 people. It is most popular for being the home of the Kentucky Stonehenge, but has a lovely downtown full of historic homes and buildings like the Hart County Historical Society & Museum…
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Continue reading →: Cave City Nostalgia: Roadside Americana & the Historic Wigwam Village #2Cave City, Kentucky is known worldwide as the gateway to Mammoth Cave National Park, and for providing the substantial bulk of lodging options and amenities for visitors. It is located just 10 miles east of Mammoth Cave, 80 miles south of Louisville, KY, and 90 miles north of Nashville, TN.…
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Continue reading →: Horse Cave, Hidden River Cave, & the American Cave MuseumHorse Cave is a small town of less than three square miles in Hart County, Kentucky. From Cave City, follow N. Dixie Street north for about 3.5 miles to where it intersects with Main Street and you will be in downtown Horse Cave. It is said that the name Horse…
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Continue reading →: Mammoth Cave National Park & Old Original CaveMammoth Cave National Park was Kentucky’s first tourist attraction, and is the second oldest tourist attraction in the United States. Mammoth Cave is the longest/largest cave system in the world with over 4000 mile of passages, 400 miles of mapped passageways, and 10 miles of passages that are open for…
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Continue reading →: Glasgow, KY: The Heart of Barren County in the Caves & Lakes RegionGlasgow is a small town of about 15 square miles in Kentucky’s Barren County, also known as the Caves & Lakes Tourism region. Depending on who you ask, they call it the Caves, Lakes, & Corvettes region. The town is located about 15-20 minutes southeast of Mammoth Cave National Park…
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Continue reading →: Nature is Electrifying: Kaukauna, Thousand Islands, & High Cliff State ParkKaukauna is a small town in Wisconsin, just a few miles east of Appleton. A short jaunt down College Avenue will take you right into town. Kaukauna was incorporated in 1839 and is part of a region called the Fox Cities, which defines the northern shores of Lake Winnebago. The…
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Continue reading →: A Hedonistic Edible Tour of Appleton, WisconsinAppleton is a fairly small but vibrant town in eastern Central Wisconsin with less than 25 square miles. It is located 30 miles southwest of Green Bay and around 100 miles north of both Milwaukee and Madison, respectively. Like all of Wisconsin, America’s Dairyland, Appleton is stacked with cheese and…
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Continue reading →: Appleton Innovation: Houdini, Paper Mills, Hydroelectricity, & the ArtsAppleton is a fairly small but vibrant town in eastern Central Wisconsin with less than 25 square miles. It is located 30 miles southwest of Green Bay and around 100 miles north of both Milwaukee and Madison, respectively. Appleton was incorporated in 1857 and is the heart of a region…
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