The World's Most Beautiful Places
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.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway operated from 1868–1987, and serviced Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia. It included stops in Chicago, Cincinnati and Columbus, and Richmond, Va. It was also known as the C&O Railroad. Amtrak currently follows the path it established through the New River Gorge, in West Virginia.
The Louisville, Kentucky skyline seen at sunset from the 2nd Street Bridge. Points of interest include the KFC Yum Center, the home of the Louisville Cardinals men and women’s basketball teams, the 35 story, 549-foot tall Mercer building, the tallest structure in Kentucky, and the Belle of Louisville, a historic 107- year-old riverboat, anchored to the Kentucky side of the Ohio River.
The 2nd Street Bridge connects to Jeffersonville, Indiana.