Kentucky history

It's hard to believe all this stuff happened TWO DECADES ago. Twenty years used to be a long time. Remember that?

Sure enough, but there was a huge problem with the consideration, so it was scrapped in favor of Washington DC.

Almost 70 years ago today. Did Billy Ray and Lucky actually save Hopkinsville from an alien invasion?

As Kentucky as bourbon and fried chicken! This is a really cool story. -->

Daniel Boone's gravesite is the top tourist attraction in Frankfort KY. But there's some mystery surrounding his burial. Are he and his wife Rebecca REALLY buried in Frankfort Cemetery?

Here's a little piece of forgotten Kentucky history about a Henderson man who once spent 12 hours ALOFT over the Ohio River while kite surfing.

The Kentucky farmer who discovered millions in gold coins has come forward anonymously to discuss finding the 'Great Kentucky Hoard.'

This group of determined Kentuckians made sure folks in Appalachia had access to books in the early 1900s. On horseback through all kinds of weather and terrain, they started some of the state's first libraries.

Before getting fired from his job as a telegraph operator, this brilliant mind lived in a small shotgun house in Louisville's Historic Butchertown.

On a clear Spring day in 1876, chunks of meat fell from the sky over a small Kentucky town. It lives in infamy as the Kentucky Meat Shower. Here's what really happened. Spoiler alert: it's pretty gross!

Learn the real-life tale of a forgotten colony with ties to Kentucky and Tennessee that will surprise even the most well-versed history nerd.

There's a lot of great history and lot of great food at Hall's on the River, established as a tavern more than 240 years ago.