Northern Kentucky dining Elk Creek Vineyards NORTHERN KENTUCKY RIVER BIG-CITY APPEAL & SMALL-TOWN Where Kentucky meets Cincinnati, fi nd hopping entertainment venues like Newport on the Levee and next-door neighbor Bellevue , a tiny burg with a boutique-shopping vibe; Williamstown’s Ark Encounter , featuring a full-size Noah’s Ark built to the exact dimensions described in the Bible; and Augusta’s Rosemary Clooney House , a charmer of a museum recalling the girl singer who made history with her “big-band sensibility.” CHARM IT'S A "SIPPIN' WINE ON THE DECK" KIND OF VIBE. Rev things up at Kentucky Speedway and slow them down aboard a lazy BB Riverboat excursion on the Ohio River . Have rowdy fun hoisting a stein at the Hofbrauhaus Newport and share quiet moments sipping wine on the deck of one of the area’s many wineries. Meet a bunch of dummies at Vent Haven , the world’s only museum dedicated to the art of ventriloquism, and mosey into the countryside to see some of the few wooden covered bridges remaining in the country. 86 1-800-225-8747 / 1-800-225-TRIP