Louisville, Kentucky

In Loui-ville, (the "s" is silent due to the name's French orgin) is the 17th largest city in the nation and voted amoung the top 10 safest largest city to live. This mini-metropolis is situated along the Ohio River and Indiana, Home of the Kentucky Derby, the Loui-ville Slugger, and Mohammad Ali. Did you know that one-third of all bourbon-whiskey comes from Louisville?

With only 3 full days in Louisville, I did what I could to capture the essence of this city. It's only right to give Churchill Downs its own blog.

The historic production of the Louisville bat. 

The world's largest bat is approximatley
6 stories high and weighs in at
68,000 pounds!

These Louisville Slugger plaques were
all along "Museum Row" in downtown
Louisville.  I picked probably the
most famous baseball player
of all time...."The Babe."



I love this building, but also captured in the middle
of the photo is a ring-like structure which is a memorial
to the destructive 1890 tornado.  Prior to the May 2011 tornado
 in Joplin, Missouri, the 1890 tornado was one of the top 25
most deadliest tornados in history.    

 

Home of the Louisville Bats - the AAA farm team for the Cincinnati Reds. 

Football player outside of a baseball stadium?
Actually, Paul Hornung was a native of Louisville,
a Heisman Trophy winner, first selection overall
in the 1957 NFL draft, Pro Football Hall of Famer,
College Football Hall of Famer, and a "Cheese Head."

Outside of Louisville Slugger Stadium
was a beautiful display of flowers. 

That's Indiana....across the Ohio river. 

 

This beautifual fascade is called the Charles Heigold House.
Built in 1857 by a German Immigrant named Charles Heigold
and during a time of intense anti-immigrant sentiment, Charles paid tribute
to his adopted home and covered it with patriotic inscriptions such as
"Hail to the Union, Never Dissolve It" and "Hail to Buchanan Now and Forever." 
Only the front wall of the house remains, as the rest was demolished.   

The Charles Heigold Fascade 2012!