The World's Most Beautiful Places
The Belle of Louisville at sunset. Docked at a wharf near Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere on the Ohio River between Kentucky and Indiana. The Belle of Louisville is a historic steamboat that was originally launched in 1914, and has gone by a variety names since that time. It is currently owned by the City of Louisville and offers cruises of the Ohio River each summer for residents and tourists.
Pink Pig Fun – Kentucky Shaker Village – Pleasant Hill – Harrodsburg
Pleasant Hill, Kentucky also known as Shakertown, was a Shaker (the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing) religious community from 1805 to 1910. With many well-preserved buildings, the village was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971.
The Kentucky Shaker village was founded by three New England Shaker missionaries, John Meacham, Benjamin Seth Youngs, and Issachar Bates. They founded the community around the teachings of Mother Ann Lee who believed in celibacy. Kentucky’s Shaker community ultimately died out, in part because of their beliefs in celibacy, problems encountered during and after the Civil War, and a declining interest in their way of life by potential converts . But their legacy of hard work, and fine craftsmanship lives on at Pleasant Hill.
Pilot Knob Sunset near Westbend and Clay City, Kentucky. Pilot Knob sits on the edge of two regions, the Outer Bluegrass, and the foothills of the Appalachia Mountains. As seems appropriate the area is known as the Knobs, where hundreds of isolated cone shaped hills capped with erosion resistant limestone and sandstone rise above the surrounding forested valleys.