My sister got a derby pie at one of the restaurants we went to and fell in love. So on our last day she looked up bakeries determined to head home with at least two full pies. The one she decided on was Missy's Pies, ect. Missy's Pies, ect is a bakery that also offers [...]
Between 1805 and 1910 some 3,000 acres of land past winding roads and surrounded by magical ancient lime stone fences was home to the third largest Shaker community. You can do a variety of stuff at the village, even stay at the Inn which is about 13 different restored Shaker buildings. (About $110 per night) [...]
A short distance from the fort in Harrodsburg is a place called Dedman's. Once a drugstore built during the civil war with a soda fountain added during prohibition has now been refurbished by the Kentucky Fudge Company. While named Kentucky Fudge Company does not mean all the serve is fudge. They have a pretty big menu [...]
Our first stop on our last day in Kentucky was the Old Fort which was the first settlement in Kentucky. It is a full-scale replica of a fort built-in 1774 by James Harrod. Tickets are $7 and include entrance to the Lincoln Marriage Temple and museum on the edge of the parks entrance. Also on [...]
On our way back to Lexington from Claiborne's we stopped by Horseshoes for lunch. They have two locations, both attached to Days Inn's. There's plenty of space and the walls are covered in racing photos. I ordered their Country Fried Steak while my sister got a Kentucky specialty called a Hot Brown. What is a [...]
At 10 and 11 am Claiborne farms has a free tour. When my sister's made a reservation for the tour I didn't know anything about it. Other than we'd see some horses. Claiborne farms isn't the easiest to get to...or well, Claiborne farms is easy to get to but it's huge and the sections of [...]
While in Frankfort we headed to the Buffalo Trace Distillery which offers free tours and thus isn't on the bourbon trail but is in the area. They offer free hour-long tours for all ages on Monday-Saturday from 9-4pm and Sundays 12-3pm. They leave on the hour so try to arrive early. We didn't arrive in [...]
After lunch we headed into Frankfort for a little bit of shopping. While mom checked out antiques one of my sisters and I popped into the bookstore. A small, crammed with books style indie shop with $1 literary buttons at the cash register and a cute kids corner with a fish tank. They're speciality is [...]
After a bit of looking around to see what was around that we could eat at we headed to Rick's White Light Diner, featured in Diner's Drive-Ins and Dives. Mostly we picked it for the brisket and pulled pork sandwiches which popped up on the menu. Which is a bit surprising since most of my [...]
Woodford Reserves is a bourbon company that's over a couple hundred years old. Starting in 1780 and surviving through the prohibition, they offer a tour for about $14 that is 70 minutes long. It's one of the distilleries on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. On the tour you learn more about bourbon and how Woodford Reserves [...]
