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, October 4, 2015

Lancaster Pennsylvania

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Here are just a few VERY random photos from Lancaster PA.  I will have more to say about this interesting area later, but we LOVED this pl...
Friday, October 2, 2015

Chincoteague Ponies and Assateague Island, Virginia

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Chincoteague Island is one of those places that has been high on our list for some time.  I found out, after much confusion, that the Chin...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Virginia

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As we left the Charlottesville and Richmond Virginia areas, we made our way to Chincoteague Island.  I made sure that we travelled over th...
Monday, September 28, 2015

Leonardo's Pizza in Glen Allen Virginia

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I MUST give a very sincere and appreciative thanks to an amazing pizza place we stumbled on to near Richmond Virginia. Leonardo's Pi...
Saturday, September 26, 2015

Thomas Jefferson's Monticello near Charlottesville, Virginia

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Thomas Jefferson's Monticello is one of those places you have to visit in a lifetime.  As I mentioned earlier, we visited Monticello r...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

Original Law Office of James Monroe, Fredericksburg, Va.

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While I am mentioning James Monroe, here is an old postcard I found relating to him! "Original Law Office of James Monroe, Fifth Pr...
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Ash Lawn-Highland- Home of James Monroe, Charlottesville, Virginia

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James Monroe, President number 5, spent over 20 years living at Ash Lawn-Highland (called only Highland when he owned it).  He sold it lat...
Sunday, September 20, 2015

Tamarack- West Virginia's Artisan Retail Center in Beckley West Virginia

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We were able to spend the first night of our recent road trip in Beckley West Virginia.  This was our first time here, though Beckley has ...
Friday, September 18, 2015

Random Thoughts on Friday

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I am JUST settling down from a trip we took through West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania!  Whew!  We covered a lot o...
Thursday, September 17, 2015

Copper River Grill- Nicholasville Kentucky

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I JUST found out about Copper River Grill in Nicholasville the other day!  The place has been here for a few years now, and I really wish...
Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Camp Nelson- Nicholasville Kentucky

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Here is some info on ANOTHER of the many great Civil War sites close to Lexington- Camp Nelson. The very brief story of this site- in 18...
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