BLUEGRASS, HORSES, BOURBON & BOONE Poised on the Kentucky River, Kentucky’s capital city of Frankfort is famous for its beautiful domed capitol building designed in the French Beaux-Arts style, historical architecture and walking tours, breweries and world-class bourbon distilleries, hustle-bustle downtown and alluring sculptures — including a bronze dragonfly. Berea: Kentucky’s Folk and Arts Capital brings it with hands-on LearnShops and working artisan studios, the intricate and alluring Pinnacles trail system and the Kentucky Artisan Center overflowing with traditional and contemporary crafts. Explore the former Federal army supply depot and hospital that became one of the largest recruitment and training centers for African American soldiers during the Civil War and a place of refuge for formerly enslaved peoples at Nicholasville’s Camp Nelson National Monument . Sitting on 3,000 Harrodsburg acres is the largest National Historic Landmark in Kentucky: Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill has 34 historic structures, including the 1839 Trustees’ Office, home of The Trustees’ Table restaurant. How does a horse take a bath? Where can I pet a horse? Go into the stables and behind the scenes on Horse Country Farm Tours at storied farms in Paris, Versailles, Nicholasville and Lexington, the Horse Capital of the World . Learn about draft horses, harnessing and breed history during a Stall-Side Chat at the Big Barn before stepping into the Black Stallion Experience at the Al-Marah Arabian Horse Galleries at Lexington’s Kentucky Horse Park . Hear a big band when the Great American Brass Band Festival — led by hundreds of trombonists, trumpeters and other brass musicians — marches into Danville. Be the big cheese on Winchester’s Beer Cheese Trail , sampling special-recipe beer cheese on 16 different stops, including at the annual Beer Cheese Festival . Both events take place in June. Get a taste of bourbon history at Four Roses Distillery’s newly expanded Visitor Center in Lawrenceburg, featuring Bar 1888 and a lineup of curated cocktails. Sip on this: A new Grain to Glass Bourbon Experience is happening at Midway’s Bluegrass Distillers at Elkwood Farm . 118 #TravelKY
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