Hop on The B-Line ® , Northern Kentucky’s self-guided bourbon trail, for a comprehensive taste of Kentucky bourbon at more than 20 stops across the region, including craft distilleries, bourbon-centric restaurants and bourbon bars. The sipping point begins in Covington at the foot of the Roebling Bridge with spokes to Sparta, Maysville and towns in between. Set sail with BB Riverboats in Newport for signature and specialty cruises on the Ohio River — jazz brunch, family dinner, sunset and music, murder mystery. Say hello to hundreds of dummies at Fort Mitchell’s newly redesigned Vent Haven , the world’s only ventriloquism museum. Join the animals aboard a life-sized Noah’s Ark at Williamstown’s Ark Encounter , built to a biblical blueprint. The Bible bursts to life at Petersburg’s Creation Museum , where 140 state-of-the-art exhibits include an animatronic Noah and flood dioramas. In a setting as pretty as the “Most Picturesque Town in Kentucky,” as dubbed by USA Today, dozens of local and regional artists show their work on the banks of the Ohio River during Augusta’s Art in the Garden , held in June. With a hearty “ein prosit der gemütlichkeit!,” Oktoberfest , Mainstrasse Village’s celebration of Covington’s German heritage, gets underway in September with live music, local food and lots of beer. Fishing, kayaking, miniature golf, Spicebush and Ironwood connecting-loop trails and camping under the stars combine to create a family’s happy place at Falmouth’s Kincaid Lake State Park . Carrollton’s General Butler State Resort Park presents gorgeous sunset views as it slides into the waters at the confluence of the Kentucky and Ohio Rivers at Observation Point . Tour the fine old country home on the hilltop within the park: the Greek Revival-style Butler-Turpin State Historic House . In a town that celebrates Founder’s Day Festival (June) with the shooting of a Revolutionary cannon, pioneer games and yarn spinning, William Arnold’s Log Cabin — the authentic 1800s log house with pioneer-era furniture and memorabilia of the town’s founder — is right at home in Williamstown. Opposite page, clockwise from top: Ark Encounter, Williamstown; Kincaid Lake State Park, Falmouth; Washington Historic District, Maysville Above: Hofbräuhaus, Newport kentuckytourism.com 129
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