Blair Thomas Hess is a seventh generation Kentuckian who grew up traveling and learning about the state with her family. She is the co-author of four books about Kentucky travel, culture, food, and history, including My Old Kentucky Road Trip: Historic Destinations and Natural Wonders and The State of Bourbon. Blair travels the state promoting and teaching others about the Commonwealth. She lives in Frankfort with her daughter and husband.
My Old Kentucky Road Trip
While the middle of the United States tends to be dismissively referred to as "flyover states," one would have a much different impression if they drove. To fly over Kentucky would be to miss treasures like Abraham Lincoln's boyhood home that rests inside a Greek-style temple, or the Jefferson Davis monument rising from a field in Fairview like a lone, stone Redwood. From the rip-roaring barn dances in Rabbit Hash to the silent reverence of the monks at the Abbey of Gethsemani, the Commonwealth is rich with timeless landmarks and history.