Kentucky history

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.

Did you know women in Kentucky weren't legally allowed to bartend until 1972? Or even sit at a bar! Dixie Demuth decided to change that and this year, she was inducted into Kentucky's Bourbon Hall of Fame.

Multiple counties came into existence before Kentucky was even a state. And there's a cool website that allows you track the age of yours.

In the 1800s tuberculosis was known as the "white plague" and one doctor attempted to create a sanatorium inside of Mammoth Cave.

Like the other 49 states, Kentucky has its fair share of towns with odd names...most of them unincorporated.

There were TWO Kentuckians who became Miss America, but only one actually represented the Commonwealth at the pageant.