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Historic house
My Old Kentucky Home State Park
State park with the Federal Hill mansion, from the early 19th century, associated with the song My Old Kentucky Home by Stephen Foster, the official state song of Kentucky.
Kentucky · the United States
Bardstown
In the destination Louisville and the Bourbon Trail.
In the photo: Old courthouse and streets of Bardstown’s historic downtown.
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
What to expect from Bardstown.
Small inland town in Kentucky, founded in the late 18th century, which presents itself as the bourbon capital of the world. Around it are several of the state’s best-known distilleries. The center has brick houses, the old St. Joseph Cathedral and, on the town’s outskirts, the mansion that inspired the song My Old Kentucky Home.
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The local experience
What to see in Bardstown
Church
Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral
The first Catholic cathedral west of the Appalachian Mountains, completed in 1819 in downtown Bardstown, with whole-tree trunk columns and paintings donated from Europe.
Nature reserve
Bernheim Forest
Arboretum and protected forest in Clermont, near Bardstown, with trails, lakes and three giant recycled-wood sculptures hidden in the woods.