Bluegrass Country
Restored to its 1800s glory, Woodford is perhaps the prettiest distillery in Kentucky. The company still uses old-fashioned copper pots to triple distill…
Lottie Davies
Bluegrass Country
Drive through Bluegrass Country on a sunny day and you'll spy horses grazing in the brilliant-green hills dotted with ponds, poplar trees and handsome estate houses. These once-wild woodlands and meadows have been a center of horse breeding for more than 250 years. The region's natural limestone deposits – you'll see limestone bluffs rise majestically from out of nowhere – are said to produce especially nutritious grass. In spring the pastures bloom with tiny azure buds, hence the 'Bluegrass' name. Steer your wheels to Old Frankfort Pike (aka KY 1681), a byway between Frankfort and Lexington, and experience the landscape in all its glory.
Attractions
Must-see attractions
Bluegrass Country
Castle & Key looks like something out of a fairy tale. Colonel EH Taylor built it as a distillery in 1887, complete with a turreted stone castle, lush…
Bluegrass Country
Coolmore is an international breeding giant, so it’s no surprise top racehorses American Pharaoh and Justify – both Triple Crown winners – have retired to…
Bluegrass Country
Family-owned since the 1700s, this 1864-acre ranch has born, broken and trained numerous champions. Hour-long tours take place on various Monday and…
Lexington
The company that owns the famed Keeneland track also owns this farm where you can see working racehorses up close during 90-minute tours of the stables,…
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
Bluegrass Country
This area was home to a community of the Shaker religious sect until the early 1900s. Tour dozens of impeccably restored buildings, set amid buttercup…
Lexington Art League at Loudoun House
Lexington
Art and architecture buffs won't want to miss this edgy, contemporary visual arts gallery housed in a freestanding American Gothic Revival mansion in the…
Bluegrass Country
Not only is it the nation's oldest continuously operating distillery, in business since 1787 and chock full of cool old buildings, but Buffalo Trace is…
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