Family Fun
Louisville Mega Cavern – 1841 Taylor Ave. – www.louisvillemegacavern.com
- One of the largest caverns in the country
- Zipline, huge BMX bike park, tram ride, guided electric bike tour – all underground!
Louisville Zoo – 1100 Trevilian Way – 502.459.2181 – www.louisvillezoo.org
- 1500 animals in 134 acres of natural setting
- Gorilla Forest, Glacier Run, African petting zoo and “world’s largest Halloween Party”
SkyZone Trampoline Park – 2671 Technology Dr #112 – www.skyzone.com/louisville
- “Out of the box” fun workout
- Bouncing, flipping, and landing in pit of 25,000 foam cubes
History/Museums
Edison Home – 729 E. Washington – www.historichomes.org/thomas-edison-house
- 1850’s home where Thomas Edison worked as a telegrapher for Western Union
- Many of Edison’s inventions on display
Kentucky Science Center – 727 W. Main St. – www.kysciencecenter.org
- Interactive exhibits for kids and adults, fossils, gems, space, cave crawl and more
- See a 2700-year-old mummy in a 3500-year-old coffin
Old Louisville – St. James Court area – www.oldlouisville.com
- America’s largest Victorian neighborhood
- Pick from several walking tours; visit “Conrad’s Castle” (1402 St. James Ct.)
Farmington – 3033 Bardstown Rd. – www.FarmingtonHistoricPlantation.org
- Completed in 1816; home of John and Lucy Speed; 14-room Federal style mansion
- Once a 550-acre hemp plantation; learn about life on a 19th-century farm
- Abraham Lincoln spent 3 weeks here with the Speeds in 1841
Sports
Louisville Slugger Museum/Factory – 800 W. Main St. – www.sluggermuseum.com
- See world’s largest baseball bat (120 ft. tall)
- Watch bats being made before your eyes and take home your own personalized Slugger
- Hold the very bat that was used by Mickey Mantle, Johnny Bench and Derek Jeeter
Kentucky Derby Museum – 704 Central Ave. – www.derbymuseum.org
- Ride in a simulated horse race towards the finish line
- 360° 4K hi-res theater experience of the Kentucky Derby
- Several tours to choose from (behind the scenes, barn/backside, around the track in a golf cart… to name a few)
Bourbon Experience
Kentucky Bourbon Trail – www.kentuckybourbontrail.com
- Get your passport to the world’s greatest bourbon with ten legendary distilleries. Collect stamps at all ten and get a commemorative gift.
- Travel through beautiful bluegrass country visiting each unique distillery
- Be responsible and please don’t drink and drive
Evan Williams Bourbon Experience – 528 W. Main St. –
www.evanwilliamsbourbonexperience.com
- Located in downtown Louisville’s “Whiskey Row”
- First stop on the Bourbon Trail, so pick up your passport here
- Watch the bourbon-making process and enjoy a speakeasy tasting experience
Outside Louisville
Mammoth Cave – Mammoth Cave, KY – www.nps.gov/maca
- 100 miles south of Louisville
- World’s longest cave system at over 400 miles; visitors for over 200 years
- Various tour options
Corvette Museum – I-65, Exit 28, Bowling Green, KY – www.corvettemuseum.org
- 116 miles SSW of Louisville
- 80 Corvettes on display in periodic settings
- Corvette Cave-in – February 12, 2014, a sinkhole under the museum’s Skydome swallowed 8 corvettes!
- See all 8 “sinkhole Corvettes” on display; 2 restored and the others just as they looked when rescued from the hole.
- Take an exhilarating lap in one of these classic cars at the Motorsports Park
My Old KY Dinner Train – 602 N. 3rd St., Bardstown, KY – www.kydinnertrain.com
- 40 miles SSE of Louisville
- Enjoy a relaxing train ride with lunch or dinner served in an old-fashioned luxury setting while traveling through the back yards of many of the famous distilleries.