CAVES, LAKES & CORVETTES Brier Creek Trail , Brownsville A spaceship in the field, with an alien lurking within. A giant fork and butter knife cutting into the skyline. These stop-you-in-your-tracks sculptures are part of Simpson County’s quirky and colorful public arts landscape, including Blackjack Sculpture Park . It’s easy to “Rise and Shine, Y’all” on the streets of Bowling Green, where a cheerful and playful collection of artist murals prove too irresistible to walk by without stopping to snap a selfie. The original Stonehenge in England dates to the Neolithic Period. Munfordville’s Kentucky Stonehenge is of a more recent vintage, a circle-of-rocks masterpiece built at the turn of the 21st century. Make a pilgrimage to this “ancient society” and the Garden of Gethsemane . See the gleam and artistry of yesteryear vehicles lined up, one after another, during Franklin’s Festival on the Square in September. Find treasures like handmade jewelry, quilts, toys and other crafts items, then picnic beneath the trees in this historic setting. Painting, by Travis Dunn kentuckytourism.com 115
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