Ranking 6th in the nation for best modern architecture, the small city is a treat for anyone with a passion for building design or even just an hour or so to browse out of curiosity. Since the city expects you to pay $3 for a city map, we had to wing our tour route, but managed to do so with a blessedly small amount of aimless circling.
Arriving in Louisville we were aghast when the woman at the visitor's center instructed Isaiah not to travel alone in the historic neighborhood we had on our sightseeing list (It was the middle of the day). Though we have visited some questionable places before, this was the first time that Isaiah had been warned. We did do the drive but more quickly than originally planned and thus found few opportunities for good pictures, but lots of reason to leave Louisville, staying just long enough to realize the correct pronunciation of Louisville--say "Lou-ville" and you've just about got it.
Having been lucky enough to secure a spot on one of the four different tours offered at the Buffalo Trace Distillery we arrived in Frankfort right in time for the tour to begin.
Marketed as a Ghost Tour we hadn't anticipated much beyond a few ghost stories. The tour proceeded to blow away our modest predictions. An enthusiastic self-proclaimed "Spirit Communicator" led us around the nation's oldest continuous distillery (opened in 1787 and one of just a few distilleries that operated during prohibition making "prescription" Whiskey) pointing out places where she or other staff or tour guests had seen or felt spirit activity.
If we had to put all our faith in just one woman's account it would have lessened the legitimacy of the supernatural claims, but Buffalo Trace was the only distillery featured on the show Ghost Hunters. During the 2011 filming, several cast members experienced unexplained phenomenon like two people being pinched on the butt at the same exact moment in two different locations. Though a skeptic by nature it certainly made the hair rise on my neck. (though my butt was ok)
Ending the tour with samples Isaiah especially enjoyed getting to try White Dog, which is unaged and as close to moonshine as you can legally get and I was in heaven trying cream liquor (made with real cream) mixed with root beer and a bourbon chocolate.
Architecture in Columbus, IN
Haunted Buffalo Trace Distillery
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