The Belle of Louisville has been cruising along since 1914. She looks good for her age! A National Historic Landmark and an icon of the Louisville waterfront, the Belle is the only remaining authentic steamboat from the great American packet boat era. A cruise on the Belle is a chance to explore and enjoy a living, operating museum.

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Infusing the extraordinary into daily life, radical access to contemporary art is our modus operandi. Open round the clock and free of charge, our dynamic and thought-provoking curated exhibitions reflect the global nature of art today.

The museum is interactive and is all around you - be sure to check out the interactive exhibit in the hallway and to visit the galleries on the main floor and downstairs.

Proof on Main has a fantastic bar/lounge attached. The Proof on Main Lounge is consistently ranked one of the best bourbon bars in the country. Great food too!

Louisville's waterfront has been transformed into a beautiful public park. The Big Four Bridge crosses the Ohio River, connecting Louisville's Waterfront Park to Jeffersonville, Indiana where you will find bars and restaurants to sustain you until you walk back to Kentucky. The bridge is the perfect spot to watch the sunset.

Notable Features:

• Big Four Bridge
• Big Four Lawn
• Lincoln Memorial
• The Swing Garden
• Walking paths, picnic, and play areas

Constructed in 1895 the Big Four Bridge first provided rail access for freight and passengers traveling between Louisville and Southern Indiana. The bridge operated until 1969 when it was decommissioned, and the ramps were removed several years later. It reopened as a pedestrian bridge in 2014.

The bridge is approximately ½-mile long. Each ramp is ¼-mile long. The entire distance totals two miles. You are sure to get a good workout if you walk from one state to the other and back again!

Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory is one of the region's most popular attractions. The world-famous facility is hard to miss. Just look for The Big Bat, the world's largest baseball bat, which captivates guests as they enter the building.

Made of steel, the bat weighs 68,000 pounds and towers 120 feet into the sky. The Big Bat is an exact-scale replica of Babe Ruth's 34-inch Louisville Slugger bat.

After emigrating from Germany in 1842, the Frederick Hillerich family started a woodworking shop, where they created everything from spindles and shutters to steamboat interiors. In 1884, son John Andrew "Bud" Hillerich created a wooden bat for Pete Browning, a megastar on Louisville's major league team, the Eclipse. Pete Browning became known for his nickname: "The Louisville Slugger." The Hillerichs' baseball bat business began to grow. In 1894, the name "Louisville Slugger" became their registered trademark.

Today, you can tour the factory and even take part in bourbon blending, crafting your own bespoke bourbon.

Boxer, humanitarian, social activist: meet the People's Champion. Explore the life of Muhammad Ali.

The Museum is part of the Muhammad Ali Center in historic downtown Louisville—Ali's hometown and the only choice he considered for establishing the cultural and education center that works to continue his legacy.

Find your own moments of insight in this celebration of a legendary life that continues to inspire greatness. Take a journey and find the heart of a champion within us all.

The establishments on the Urban Bourbon Trail vary from historic hotel properties that once served the likes of Al Capone and F. Scott Fitzgerald to cosmopolitan "scenes" where urban trend-setters are making retro drinks such as the Sidecar and Manhattan in vogue again.

All stops offer bourbon flights, special bourbon cocktails and have at least 60 different bourbon varieties on the bar with trained staff that can explain the nuances and tasting notes in the varied offerings from Jim Beam Black to Elmer T. Lee.

Download the app or stop by the Louisville Visitor Information Center and pick up your guidebook. The options include 34 stops on the self-guided walking tour. Collect a stamp in your passport-style guidebook or on the app from six of the stops and you'll get a commemorative T-shirt.

Waterfront Botanical Gardens is transforming the former Ohio Street Dump atop the historic Point Neighborhood at the intersection of River Road and Frankfort Avenue. The 23-acre site includes completion of four acres of Phase I development, with the two-acre Japanese Garden construction under way.

The Frazier History Museum was initially opened as the Frazier Historical Arms Museum in 2004 to display an extensive collection of historic weapons.

In 2017, the Frazier History Museum became "Where the World meets Kentucky".

Today, the Frazier houses a collection that contains artifacts relating to the Civil War, the Bourbon and tobacco industries, clothing and textiles, works of art, and historic documents. Notable features include the 1875 arrest warrant for Mary Todd Lincoln, and Bourbon history artifacts dating from pre-prohibition to today.

This restaurant is magical on so many levels. Chef Bruce Ucán creates the magic. Long before eating local was a hashtag, Chef Ucán was simply cooking food in the way he knew best and calling on his Mayan heritage as inspiration. For over 20 years, Mayan Café is one of the few Louisville restaurants that has been practicing what they preach since day one.

The Mayan Café has not only been a pioneer in the Louisville farm-to-table movement but also in embracing East Market Street well before it was coined NuLu.

It is safe to say that Louisville's dining landscape would simply not be the same without pioneers like Chef Ucán, who has helped build the bridge between our farmers and our restaurants.