Wednesday, November 2, 2011

KENTUCKY

(does not include Louisville)

BELL COUNTY
Middlesboro
Sights & Sites
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park – Route 25E (just south of Middlesboro); 606-248-2817; nps.gov/cuga.

Pineville
Hotels
Pine Mountain State Resort Park – 1050 State Park Road; 606-337-3066 or 800-325-1712; parks.ky.gov/findparks/resortparks/pm; 1-bedroom log cabins and 2-bedroom cottages are best choices; dining room has great views and comfort food; rockwork by CCC.



BOYLE COUNTY
Danville
Bakeries, Coffee, Ice Cream, Juice & Tea
Burke’s Bakery & Delicatessen – 121 West Main Street; 859-236-5661; facebook.com/pages/Burkes-Bakery-Delicatessen/104918339551300; coffee cakes & pies; try cinnamon-pecan pinwheels; great donuts.
Hub Coffee House & Cafe – 236 West Main Street; 859-936-0001; thehubcoffeehousencafe.com; espresso drinks.
Restaurants
Hub Coffee House & Cafe – 236 West Main Street; 859-936-0001; thehubcoffeehousencafe.com; great sandwiches.



FAYETTE COUNTY
Lexington (includes Versailles)
Bakeries, Coffee, Ice Cream, Juice & Tea
Doughdaddy’s – 3325 Lexington Road (Versailles); 859-873-1355; doughdaddys.com; full-tilt celebration of fried dough; try Bavarian Long John’s, cream horns, red velvet cake donuts, and/or buttermilk cream cheese donuts.
Magee’s Bakery – 726 East Main Street; 859-255-9481; mageesbakery.com; notable donuts; airy, large cafe; vast array of danishes.
Spalding’s Bakery – 760 Winchester Road; 859-252-3737; spaldingsbakery.com; just donuts; frightening looking but delicious.



KNOX & WHITLEY COUNTY
Corbin
Restaurants
Harlan Sanders Café & Museum – US Highway 25 East; 606-528-2163; corbinkytourism.com/sandersKFC.htm; original Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Sights & Sites
Harlan Sanders Café & Museum – US Highway 25 East; 606-528-2163; corbinkytourism.com/sandersKFC.htm; museum dedicated to Colonel Sanders and his original Kentucky Fried Chicken.



LaRUE COUNTY
Hodgenville (includes Knob Creek)
Sights & Sites
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park – 2995 Lincoln Farm Road; 270-358-3137 or 270-358-3138; nps.gov/abli/index.htm; where Lincoln born; single-room farm cabin; 1800s log cabin inside Memorial Building stands on birthplace site; dedicated by President William Taft in 1911; while cabin not Abe’s actual home.
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park – 7120 Bardstown Road (Knob Creek Farm, Route 31E); 270-358-3137; nps.gov/abli/planyourvisit/boyhood-home.htm.



LINCOLN COUNTY
Waynesburg
Bakeries, Coffee, Ice Cream, Juice & Tea
Susan’s Country Bakery – 5427 Highway 643; 606-355-2135; open Thursday-Saturday; donuts prepared in outbuilding on Amish farm.



MADISON COUNTY
Berea
Bakeries, Coffee, Ice Cream, Juice & Tea
Stella Jane’s Bakery – 809 Paint Lick Roa; 859-986-0459; facebook.com/pages/Stella-Janes-Bakery/173713672664967; notable for glazed jelly donuts and apple fritters.



PULASKI COUNTY
Nancy
Sights & Sites
Mills Springs National Cemetery – 9044 Highway 80; 859-885-5727; nps.gov/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/Kentucky/Mill%20Springs_National_Cemetery.html; opened in 1862 to provide final resting place for Union dead from nearby Battle of Mill Springs, among 1st significant northern victories; Brigadier General George H. Thomas, Union commander at battle, laid out plan, which still is seen within historic perimeter wall; open to new burials; final resting place for all Medal of Honor recipients; Major General John Jacob Bethurum Williams, who fought along Mexican border in 1916, saw European action in WWI & served among Army’s top officers during WWII, is buried in Gravesite 790-H.

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