Kentucky Travels

Hi, I am Jim, I love Kentucky, and traveling in and around Kentucky! I also love the entire country, and all of the beautiful and strange places here and there! This blog covers the overlooked, forgotten, and underrated places, people, and moments in history in America, with a focus on Kentucky! It will cover great tourists stops, books about people and history, and include photos and postcard scans.

Sunday, November 29, 2020

Teddys Cabin

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At the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, you can walk inside of a cabin once lived in by Teddy Roosevelt! I show it on the youtube video I p...
Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Theodore Roosevelt National Park ND 09 2020

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Yeah, I mentioned previously that North Dakota is the last state many roadtrippers visit.  Well, there are some VERY cool spots to visit in ...
Sunday, November 22, 2020

Rough Riders Hotel Medora ND

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In Medora, JUST outside of the Teddy Roosevelt National Park is the Rough Riders Hotel! We didn't stay there, but we stopped by briefly ...
Thursday, November 19, 2020

Medora ND Post Office

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I took a few photos of the friendly little post office in Medora North Dakota!  
Sunday, November 15, 2020

Enchanted Highway ND 09 2020

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 North Dakota......  I have  mentioned it before...  and so have other roadtrippers...  it is the state that most visit last.  That's no...
Friday, November 13, 2020

Dunn Brother Coffee Dickinson ND

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On a trip to Nashville a couple of years back, I found a Dunn Brothers Coffee and really liked it .  Sadly, it looks like they have pulled o...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Devils Tower WY 09 09 2020

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 Devils Tower in Wyoming  is just unreal.  It just doesn't look like it belongs in nature.  How did that massive rock/mountain get there...
Monday, November 9, 2020

Badlands SD 09 06 2020

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 The Badlands in South  Dakota look like another planet.  I have said a few times, that shows like Star Trek could have filmed out here. If ...
Saturday, November 7, 2020

Rapid City SD 09 2020

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 While we were in Rapid City, we did a lot of walking and driving downtown.  This is a town that has really grown on us, and we look forward...
Thursday, November 5, 2020

Custer State Park SD 09 07 2020

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  Believe the hype when it comes to Custer State Park in South Dakota.  This is one of the main attractions in the state, and I can see why....
Monday, November 2, 2020

Mt Rushmore SD 09 10 2020

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AND, for the second year in a row, and for the third time in less than a decade, we visited South Dakota AND Mt. Rushmore! Check out the vid...
Sunday, November 1, 2020

The LAST ISSUE of the Kentucky Explorer!!!

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I wanted to mention that the last issue of the Kentucky Explorer just went out.  I have subscribed for years, and I hope I am not being too ...
Saturday, October 31, 2020

South Dakota Billboards 09 06 2020

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 I filmed some of the billboards in South Dakota....... There are a LOT of them along I90 as you drive towards Rapid City!  The Billboards a...
Thursday, October 29, 2020

Jolly Green Giant Statue Blue Earth MN 09 05 2020

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 On our way to South Dakota, we stopped in Blue Earth Minnesota to see the GIANT Jolly Green Giant Statue!  This would be our first visit to...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Deadwood SD 09 09 2020

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Check out the video I posted covering our visit to Deadwood, South Dakota! We actually went there back in 2012 .  We weren't able to go ...
Sunday, October 25, 2020

Bourbon Drive In in Paris Kentucky- Part 2

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I mentioned The Bourbon Drive In in Paris Kentucky a few days ago.  Check out my post, and the Youtube video I posted on it .  It is such a ...

"Raiding Deadwood's Bad Lands: Its Illegal History of Prostitution and Gambling" by Michael Trump

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 We took the "Deadwood Brothel Tour" while we were in Deadwood, South Dakota.  Check out my video on that! While we were there, ou...
Friday, October 23, 2020

Deadwood: The Best Writings on the Most Notorious Town in the West by TD Griffith

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So, we planned this little trip BACK to South Dakota, EXACTLY one year after going there.  More on that later, but I wanted to read some m...
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

"The Petersen House: The Oldroyd Museum and the House Where Lincoln Died" by Alan E. Hunter

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When my pal Alan Hunter mentioned that he would be writing a book on the Petersen House in Washington D.C., I knew it was going to be somet...
Monday, October 19, 2020

Bourbon Drive In Paris KY October 2020

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 Hey!  Have you been to the Bourbon Drive In in Paris?  We went by the other night to see the originals "Nightmare on Elm Street" ...
Saturday, October 17, 2020

Buddy Holly Crash Site Iowa 09 05 2020

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 After visiting the wonderful Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake Iowa, we made our way to the "crash site" where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Val...
Thursday, October 15, 2020

Surf Ballroom Clear Lake Iowa 9 5 2020

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 We FINALLY made it to the legendary Surf Ballroom, the site of the last performance of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper. Che...
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