Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 502-561-6100;
www.kysciencecenter.org
; 727 W Main St; adult/child $13/11;
9:30am-5:30pm Sun-Thu, to 9pm Fri & Sat; )
Set in a historic building on Main St there are
three floors of exhibits that illuminate biology, physiology, physics, computing and more
for families (kids love it). For an extra $7 you can catch a film in the IMAX theatre.
Big Four Bridge
WALKING, CYCLING
(East River Rd)
Town's latest attraction, is an old bridge fixed up new. Built between 1888
and 1895, the Big Four Bridge, which spans the Ohio River and reaches the Indiana
shores, had been closed to vehicular traffic since 1969 and was reopened in 2013 as a
pedestrian and cycling path, with excellent city and river views throughout.
Dogs are allowed. Skates and skateboards are not. Ample parking.
THE HAUNTED HOSPITAL
Towering over Louisville like a mad king's castle, the abandoned
Waverly Hills
Sanatorium
once housed victims of an early 20th-century tuberculosis epidemic.
When patients died, workers dumped their bodies down a chute into the base-
ment. No wonder the place is said to be one of America's most haunted buildings.
Search for spooks with a nighttime ghost-hunting
tour
( 502-933-2142;
www.therealwaverlyhills.com
; 4400 Paralee Ln; 2hr tours/2hr ghost hunt/overnight $22/50/100;
Mar-Aug)
; the genuinely fearless can even spend the night! Many claim it's the scari-
est place they've ever been.
Sleeping
Chain hotels cluster near the airport off I-264.
Rocking Horse B&B
B&B$$$
( 888-467-7322, 502-583-0408;
www.rockinghorse-bb.com
;
1022 S 3rd St; r incl breakfast
$125-215)
On a stretch of 3rd St once known as Millionaire's Row, this 1888 Romanesque
mansion has six guest rooms decorated with Victorian antiques and splendid stained
glass. Guests can eat their two-course breakfast in the English country garden or sip
complimentary port in the parlor.
21c Museum Hotel
HOTEL$$$
$$$
( 502-217-6300;
www.21chotel.com
;
700 W Main St; r from $269; )
This contempor-
ary art museum-hotel would be edgy anywhere; in laid-back Louisville, it's mind ex-
