Louisville, Kentucky Attractions
Unusual landmarks, museums, roadside attractions, and hidden wonders in Louisville and the surrounding area. Colonel Sanders' grave, a giant Louisville Slugger baseball bat (and rival vampire bat), and a "mega cavern" that was reserved for VIPs in case the Commies dropped The Bomb at our Bourbon distilleries.
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Patton Museum: Death Car
Fort Knox, Kentucky
The museum will satisfy Patton fans, with a collection of his personal items, including his death car and the collar worn by his dog.
Sights for Oddball Excursions
Louisville Mega Cavern
Louisville, Kentucky
Take a jeep tram tour of a former mine and secret nuclear survival bunker.
Cave Hill Cemetery
Louisville, Kentucky
A concourse of afterlife expression, Louisville's Cave Hill Cemetery invites appreciative strolls among offbeat monuments to the dead.
Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History
Bardstown, Kentucky
Trace the storied past of whiskey making, see George Washington's still and Abe Lincoln's liquor license.
World's Largest Bat
Louisville, Kentucky
Points skyward in front of the Louisville Slugger Museum. Also here, the Louisville Slugger factory tour; see how normal-size baseball bats are made.
World's Largest Bat - The Vampire Kind
Louisville, Kentucky
Within sight of the other World's Largest Bat hangs a huge, black, sleeping bat on the side of a costume and party supply store.
In and Around Louisville
Choice field reports and tips. Or check out: Complete list of Kentucky attractions.
- Louisville: Louisville Mega Cavern
- Louisville: Cave Hill Cemetery
- Fort Knox: Patton Museum: Death Car
- Bardstown: Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History
- Louisville: Five-Story Tall Whisky Bottle, Ghostly Holograms [tips]
- Louisville: Muhammad Ali Center
- Louisville: Louisville Slugger Walk of Fame [tips]
- Louisville: 30-Foot-Tall Gold Statue of David [tips]
- Louisville: Handprints of Famous Jockeys [tips]
- Louisville: World's Largest Bat
- Louisville: Geronimo's Bow and Custer's Pistol [tips]
- Louisville: World's Largest Bat - The Vampire Kind
- Clarksville: Rosie the Riveter Photo-Op
- Jeffersonville: Giant Fishing Lure [tips]
- Clarksville: Shake, Buddy! Lewis and Clark [tips]
- Clarksville: Colgate Clock - 2nd Largest Timepiece in the World [tips]
- Louisville: World's Largest Bottle of Booze [tips]
- Jeffersonville: Schimpff's Confectionery
- Jeffersonville: Vintage Fire Museum [tips]
- Louisville: Heigold Facade [tips]
- Louisville: Largest Clasping Stone Hands [tips]
