Sights in Lexington
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Kentucky Horse Park
The Kentucky Horse Park sits on 1200 acres just north of Lexington. Horses representing 50 different breeds live in the park and participate in special live shows. Also included, the international Museum of the Horse has neat dioramas of the horse through history, from the tiny prehistoric 'eohippus' to the pony express mail carriers. Seasonal horseback riding costs $15 with park ticket, $22 without. It has 260 paved sites open year-round. There are showers, laundry, a grocery, playgrounds and more. Primitive camping is also available.
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Headley-Whitney Museum
Headley-Whitney Museum, marvellously old, holds the private collection of the late George Headley, a jewelry designer whose gemstone trinkets and handmade dollhouses are on display, along with a truly bizarre garage turned 'seashell grotto.'
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Thoroughbred Center
Most farms are closed to the public, but you can see working racehorses up close at the Thoroughbred Center, with tours of the stables, practice tracks and paddocks.
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Mary Todd-Lincoln House
The 1806 Mary Todd-Lincoln House has articles from the first lady's childhood and her years as Abe's wife.
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Hunt-Morgan House
Hunt-Morgan House is a fine Federal-style mansion (c 1814) with a small Civil War museum.
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Ashland
Ashland was the Italianate estate of statesman Henry Clay (1777-1852).
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