Worth a DetourKentucky Bourbon Trail
Kentucky
Tour the rickhouses and tasting rooms of Kentucky, source of about 95 percent of the world's bourbon, among horse farms and limestone springs.
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Kentucky
8 places and 17 sights on our lists.
Places in Kentucky
Worth a Detour
Worth a Detour
Worth a DetourKentucky Derby
Kentucky
First Saturday in May
The 'Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports': hats, mint juleps and America's greatest horse race, on the first Saturday in May.
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Worth a DetourMammoth Cave National Park
Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system, with over 400 miles mapped beneath Kentucky's hills, a World Heritage Site.
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If You're Nearby
If You're NearbyCumberland Gap
Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee
The pass through the Appalachians used by Daniel Boone and some 300,000 settlers on their way into the American interior.
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If You're NearbyLincoln's Kentucky and Indiana
Kentucky and Indiana
The log cabin Lincoln's said to have been born in, kept inside a marble temple, and the Indiana farm where he grew up.
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If You're NearbyLouisville
Kentucky
Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, and the gateway to bourbon country.
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Sights in Kentucky
Also in Kentucky
Not on the short list, but here if your work or family brings you.