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public park, this was the Italianate estate of statesman Henry Clay (1777-1852) famed
for his contribution to Abraham Lincoln's cabinet.
A gorgeous property set in the midst of a tony historic neighborhood, you'll need to
pay to enter the home, but you can walk the property for free, peer into the carriage
house where his coach is on display, and you can see the, ahem, privy too.
Mary Todd-Lincoln House
HISTORIC BUILDING
(
www.mtlhouse.org
; 578 W Main St; adult/child $10/5; 10am-4pm Mon-Sat)
Just behind Rupp
Arena, this modest (compared to Ashland) 1806 house has articles from the first lady's
childhood and her years as Abe's wife.
WORTH A TRIP
INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC MUSEUM
Kentuckian Bill Monroe is considered the founding father of bluegrass music; his
band, the Blue Grass Boys, gave the genre its name. Bluegrass has its roots in the
old-time mountain music, mixed with the fast tempo of African songs and spiced
with lashings of jazz. Any banjo picker or fiddle fan will appreciate the historic ex-
St; adult/student $5/2; 10am-5pm Tue-Sat, 1-4pm Sun)
in Owensboro, where you can
stumble into a jam session on the first Thursday of the month. The pretty Ohio
River town, about 100 miles west of Louisville, also hosts the
ROMP Bluegrass
Festival
(
www.rompfest.com
;
late Jun)
.
Sleeping
Kentucky Horse Park
CAMPGROUND$
( 800-370-6416, 859-259-4257;
www.kyhorsepark.com
;
4089 Iron Works Pkwy; sites $20,
powered sites $28-35; year-round; )
There are 260 paved sites and showers, laundry, a
grocery, playgrounds and more. Primitive camping is also available.
Gratz Park Inn
HOTEL$$$
( 800-752-4166;
www.gratzparkinn.com
;
120 W 2nd St; r from $179; )
On a quiet
downtown street, this 41-room hotel feels like a genteel hunt club, with mahogany fur-
nishings and Old World oil paintings in heavy frames, and a baby grand in the lobby. It's
the only boutique choice downtown.
