Top 10 Historic Sites and Museums in Bardstown, KY Bardstown’s history runs deep. Treasured as one of Kentucky’s oldest towns, its story is told through historic homes, centuries-old churches, walkable streets, and a…
A Bardstown Legend Turns 65 With a New Season of "The Stephen Foster Story" In the summer of 1959, a dazzling musical production focusing on one year in the life of songwriter Stephen Collins Foster debuted in an outdoor amphitheater on the grounds of My Old Kentucky…
How A Small Kentucky Town Became The Bourbon Capital Of The World Since the 1950s, Bardstown has been known as the Bourbon Capital of the World. How did this small Kentucky town in Nelson County (pop. 13,739) become synonymous with America’s native spirit? It’s a…
Bardstown loves its history, which is not surprising for a town that is 237 years old (although the first stirrings of settlement began eight years prior to that) - making it one of the oldest communities in Kentucky. Bardstown’s history parallels much of America’s…
It’s official – Bardstown is beautiful……again! For the second time in a decade, the city has been spotlighted in a national publication for its good looks. First, it was USA Today newspaper and Rand McNally Publishing Company which, in 2012 following a…
