The World's Most Beautiful Places
The Historic Boone Tunnel is located along the Lexington to Harrodsburg road in Jessamine County Kentucky. Built in the 1870’s it provided a route through the Kentucky Palisades. The tunnel was abandoned in 1953 after the bridge that accompanied it, collapsed into the Kentucky River. Today, Hwy 68 crosses a new bridge, and route that bypasses the cliff the tunnel passes through
A view of an old red barn, on a foggy fall morning. Part of Beckley Creek Park, south of Louisville, Kentucky. Beckley Creek Park is one of five interconnected nature parks (known as the Parklands) that stretch along Floyds Fork, a 62-mile long tributary of the Salt River on the south side of Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County. Including Beckley, the five parks are: Pope Lick, Broad Run, Turkey Run, and the Strand, comprising more than 4,000 acres. After Jefferson Memorial Forest, it is the largest nature park in Louisville.
Barn – Battlefield Park – Richmond Kentucky. Site of the Battle of Richmond between the Union and the Confederacy, during the American Civil War. Aug 29, 1862 – Aug 30, 1862. The battle involved the troops Major General Edmund Kirby Smith against those of Union Major General William “Bull” Nelson.