bluegrass, horses, bourbon & boone best-kept local secrets AFTER DARK GHOST TOUR , Georgetown A spooky-themed cocktail; a guided tour with a psychic, medium and paranormal investigator; and a (free) booklet of frightful tales — it’s all on the After Dark Ghost Tour (April–November). This is part of the Kentucky After Dark passport program — for those who dare. HARKNESS EDWARDS VINEYARDS , Winchester JOHN B. STEPHENSON WALKING TRAIL , Berea Vineyard tours and tastings, live music, wine-and-food pairing courses and Pizza at the Peach House: From sunset sips to midweek treats to creative hands-on classes, something fun and fabulous is always happening at Harkness Edwards Vineyards. JESSAMINE COUNTY WINE & VINEYARD TRAIL , Nicholasville Sip wine at the first commercial winery in the U.S. at First Vineyard on the Jessamine County Wine & Vineyard Trail passport program. The passport also includes Ghost Fox Winery and 1922 House Vineyards & Winery. And don’t miss the mid-June Kentucky Wine & Vine Fest. Cheers! At the confluence of Silver Creek and its Brushy Fork Branch, the accessible John B. Stephenson Walking Trail — paved, level and tricked out with benches and picnic tables — follows Boone Trace, the path Daniel Boone and his 30 “axemen” blazed through the Appalachian Mountains into Kentucky. REBECCA RUTH CHOCOLATE & MUSEUM TOUR , Frankfort LITTLE CROOKED CREEK SAFARI , Chocolate plus bourbon equals a mouthful of yum — something Ruth Hanly Booe discovered back in 1938, when she invented the Bourbon Ball. Learn the story and savor this bite-sized treat on a Rebecca Ruth Chocolate & Museum Tour. Lawrenceburg Book a sloth encounter or another hands-on experience at Little Crooked Creek Safari, an exotic animal farm home to capybaras, porcupines, zebras and camels, along with an anteater named Larry. Open on Saturday and Sunday. Photo: Harkness Edwards Vineyards, Winchester 74 #TravelKY
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