Tag: Eastern Kentucky
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Kentucky Arts and Crafts
Whether you choose to tour the gallery exhibitions or just peruse the eclectic retail shop, you will find unique items from Kentucky craftspeople and artisans. In each case, you will discover information about the artisans, their materials, and the processes they use to make these objects, whether fine art or simple crafts. Included are superbly…
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Old Town Amish Store
When Berea, Kentucky isn’t a full-day tour stop, we always try to at least stop here. Often, we’ll grab a box lunch to eat on the way. A visit to the store is a treat for the senses, especially with the smells of fresh-baked bread and slow-smoked barbecue wafting throughout. They feature many Kentucky Proud®…
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A Town Built in a Crater
Situated in downtown Middlesboro, a town of about 10,000 people with its own interesting history. Built entirely in the basin of a giant meteor crater, it lies 1 mile west of the Cumberland Gap and sits directly between the Appalachians and the Cumberland Mountains. It is said that “ragtime” music was invented here by Ben…
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