The World's Most Beautiful Places
An old bourbon barrel from the Woodford Reserve Distillery, painted and turned into a decorative chair. Seen in Versailles, Kentucky. Bourbon is the signature liquor of Kentucky. The first Kentucky bourbon dates back to 1795, when Jacob Beam debuted his “Old Jake Beam Sour Mash’. Seven generations of the Beam family have been involved in the production of bourbon since that time.
A lawn jockey seen in the historic downtown of Versailles, Kentucky. Lawn jockey’s are a common sight in Kentucky, particularly in rural areas, and in particular horse rearing areas of the state, like the Bluegrass region where thoroughbred horse racing and the Kentucky Derby held each spring in Louisville, are a multi-billion dollar industry. Versailles, lies in the heart of the bluegrass, so I was not surprised to find one.
A coal barge navigates the Fourteenth Street Bridge Drawbridge, and McAlpine Lock and Dam at the Falls of the Ohio on the Ohio River at sunset, between Louisville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Indiana.