Michelle Brandstetter
Worth The Drive: KMAC Couture at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft
The KMAC Couture exhibit features wearable art made for the KMAC Couture event, a yearly runway show held by the museum.
Worth The Drive: A Superlative Roundup of Zip Line Tours
Here are five travel-worthy zip line tours—organized by what they’re best at—where you can bust out of your hibernation.
The City Museum: The Playground of Your Dreams
The City Museum has taken the concept of “found art” and turned it into a multi-level all-ages adventure.
Shop Talk: Koop Diamond Cutters
“Do you want to see what a $300,000 dollar diamond looks like?” Justin Koop asks, eyes wide with excitement. The third-generation jewelry maker has a contagious energy: Whether he’s telling his family’s story, walking you through the custom jewelry process, or showing you a diamond he just purchased, he makes you care like he cares. And Justin Koop cares a lot.
Study (Then Drink) Up at The Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History
Whiskey history, from before Colonial times to after Prohibition: moonshine and medicine, all sorts of advertising, and an impressive collection of antique bottles and jugs.
Worth The Drive: Albanese Candy Factory
It turns out that a real-life candy factory is everything you ever dreamed it would be.
Worth The Drive: Observatory Park
There's just no substitute for remote sky gazing. So head north to Ohio’s certified Dark Sky Park.
Hands-On Fun at the Kentucky Science Center
Science is best learned through doing—something the Kentucky Science Center takes to heart.
Travel-Worthy Outdoor Skating Rinks
You can ice skate in July, but it’s just not the same when there’s a ceiling.
Travelogue: The Inn at Honey Run
Feel like dropping off the grid for a minute? There’s something to be said about a teeny cabin set deep in the snow-blanketed countryside.