I remember from my childhood a giant Triceratops tucked under the cool shadows of the Interstate behind the Kentucky Science Center lurking in the parking lot along the Ohio River. Years later, I drove down to see it and it had vanished. Did it wash away in a flood? Did it come to life and walk over to Indiana or
Read MoreIn 1990, a little-known band from Louisville, Kentucky curiously called Slint had just recorded their second album of songs running just under 40 minutes and needed an image for the cover. They knew of an abandoned quarry just across the bridge in Utica, Indiana so they grabbed their buddy who had a Pentax K1000 camera and arrived at the quarry
Read MoreAge dependent rites of passage are few and far between. At age 16 you can drive a car, when you turn 18 you can vote and when you turn 21 you can legally buy a beer. That’s all well and good but what’s next? Waiting to turn 65 so you can draw Social Security seems like an eternity at that
Read MoreI grabbed my “Travel Gumby*,” placed it on the dashboard for good luck and headed south for my journey to discover the peculiar places of Kentucky for the first time in my “official” capacity as Curious Kentucky. The local airwaves were filled with Hall & Oates and Journey which were totally acceptable for this relatively short trip down the Shepherdsville,
Read MoreThe Five Burials of Floyd Collins – The Greatest Story Seldom Told In the year 2022, William Floyd Collins rests peacefully just outside the abandoned Mammoth Cave Baptist Church which is tucked deep in the woods of South Central Kentucky down a long windy road about ten minutes from the Mammoth Cave National Park Visitor’s Center. Better know simply as
Read MoreMy excitement in realizing the Kentucky State Fair is next month was quickly tempered by the discovery that I have missed the deadline to enter the “Vegetable Critters” Competition by just three days. Once again, I will not be realizing one of my low-key life goals of putting googlie eyes on a misshaped potato and calling it President Nixon or
Read MoreGreetings fellow travelers and thank you for joining us as we explore the all things Curious in Kentucky. We have a lot of stories and peculiar places we can’t wait to share with you and we wanted to invite you to share any tales or points of interest you would like to see explored. Feel free to leave us a
Read MoreWelcome Fellow Travelers to Curious Kentucky, an offbeat travel & storytelling site focusing on all things Curious about Kentucky! Featuring lesser-known local lore, peculiar places and general Kentucky fascination. We’ve got a lot of strange stories to unfold as well as some special spots to check out in The Bluegrass State. We’ve had a lifetime of learning about at the
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