ake a Kentucky journey at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History , a trip that bumps along from ancient times and frontier life to bourbon and baseball bats. Follow African American soldiers through their story of recruitment and train-ing at Camp Nelson National Monument in Nicholasville, also a refugee camp for their wives and children. Pompeii in Kentucky? Yes, ruins of the historic O.F.C. Distillery unearthed at Frankfort’s Buffalo Trace Distillery are featured on the Bourbon Pompeii Tour by Kentucky River Tours, the nation’s only boat-based bourbon tour. On land, the stony façades of Woodford Reserve in Versailles draw architectural aficionados, history buffs and bourbon lovers to this circa 1812 National Historic Landmark. It’s round-the-clock crafting in Berea, Kentucky’s “Folk Arts & Crafts Capital,” with an Artisan Village, working studios, LearnShops and the Kentucky Artisan Center. Among reasons Lexington is the “Horse Capital of the World” are Kentucky Horse Park , the everything-equine theme park fea-turing the Parade of Horses, museums and horseback riding, and Keeneland , where thoroughbred racing takes place at one of the country’s most gorgeous courses. Green pastures, comfy stables and all the carrots one can eat. Retirement never looked so good. Just ask the equine residents living their best life at Georgetown’s Old Friends thoroughbred retirement farm. Old Friends , Georgetown Weston Glass Studio , Berea 62 #TravelKY
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