tell me a story. Make it a story of great distances, Quote and starlight. Robert Penn Warren, American Novelist, Poet & Kentuckian " resources Cadiz/Trigg County 270-522-3892 gocadiz.com Calloway County 270-713-0110 experiencekylake.com City of Fulton 270-472-9000 visitfulton.com Grand Rivers 270-362-0152, grandrivers.org Hickman 270-653-4369 kygrro.com Hopkinsville/Christian County 270-887-2300 visithopkinsville.com Kentucky Lake/ Marshall County 270-527-3128 visitkylake.com Kentucky’s Great River Road (Ballard, Carlisle, Hickman and Fulton counties) kygrro.com Kuttawa/Lyon County 270-601-6885 visitkuttawaky.com Lake Barkley 270-388-5300 lakebarkley.org Livingston County 270-557-9835 kentuckylakegateway.com Marion 270-965-5015 discovermarion.com Mayfield/Graves County 270-247-6106 visitmayfieldgraves.org Murray 270-759-2199 tourmurray.com Oak Grove 270-439-5675 visitoakgroveky.com Paducah 270-443-8783 paducah.travel Princeton 270-365-9575 tourprincetonky.com TRAVEL or factoid REGIONAL " Road trips Mayfield-Graves County : You’re invited: October’s month-long Haunted Graves Celebration features the Wooldridge Monuments in Maplewood Cemetery ; A-Maize-ing Farms , the largest corn maze in Kentucky; Talon Falls Screampark and the Industrial Slaughterhouse ; the Wild West town Cartwright Grove’s Haunted Fall Festival ; and the region’s only nighttime lighted Halloween parade. Cadiz: Head next to this Main Street antiques hub where Cadi the Pig , a 10-foot-tall fiberglass swine, greets visitors. Explore ever-changing exhibits at the Janice Mason Art Museum , then head to a converted grain bin for dinner: The Harper House Restaurant is famous for its smoked prime rib and silo-turned bar. Hopkinsville: Set out next for Grand Rivers: Come see Amer-ican Cruise Lines’ ships pull into port in the only western Kentucky town bordering both Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley — vacation paradises for water lovers. Catch a live stage show (from tribute concerts to magicians) at Badgett Playhouse and dine on the 2-inch pork chop specialty at Patti’s 1880’s Settlement , where you can also settle in for the night. the Trail of Tears Commemorative Park and Heritage Center . On what Native Americans call “The Trail Where They Cried,” see the winter encampment of 1838–1839 and the burial site for two Cherokee chiefs. An intertribal Pow Wow takes place here annually on the first full weekend after Labor Day. Guthrie: A quick drive brings Princeton: In the morning, snoop into the lifestyle and legacy of a wealthy Kentucky family in their home, resplendent in its Victori-an-era grandeur, at the interactive Adsmore Museum . Peek into the bedrooms, closets and other living spaces, each one arrayed with authentic and original belongings, on tour with a costumed docent. you to the Robert Penn Warren Birthplace Museum to learn about one of Kentucky’s most famous poets and novelists. Next, shop for handmade quilts at Kentucky’s oldest Amish settlement and pick up a sweet treat from Schlabach’s Bakery . Love food, crafts, music and shopping in a small-town set-ting? Attend September’s Guthrie Heritage Days Festival . SCan FOr mOre On weStern waterlanDs Kentuckytourism.com/WesternWaterlands 107
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