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ATTRACTIONS AND ENTERTAINMENT IN LOUISVILLE, KY
Louisville, KY has some of the best attractions and entertainment of any mid-sized city. There is something for everyone. Whether you are parents of children who are dying to see what's new at the Louisville Zoo, or your a baseball fan taking a tour through the Louisville Slugger Museum or your testing out bourbon samples at the Jim Beam Distillary, with the attractions and entertainment Louisville, KY has to offer you'll never be bored. At Weichert, Realtors® - ABG Properties we pride ourselves in knowing the attractions and entertainment in our community. Our agents and support staff are devoted to assist you with any and all of your real estate needs.
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• Louisville Slugger Museum • Churchill Downs • The Louisville Science Center • Actors Theater of Louisville • Louisville Center for the Arts • The Belle of Louisville Steamboat • Waterfront Park • Muhammad Ali Center • Frazier International History Museum • The Louisville Zoo • Kentucky Derby Museum • Glassworks • Speed Art Museum • Thomas Edison House • Jim Beam Distillery Museum
FUN FACTS:
The City of Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark and is named after King Louis XVI of France. The University of Louisville, founded in 1798, is the oldest city-supported college in the United States. Louisville has the largest Victorian neighborhood in the United States. Louisville's Main Street has the second largest collection of cast-iron storefronts facades, only New York City has more. Researchers at the University of Louisville developed the world's first cervical cancer vaccine, marketed as Gardasil and it is manufactured in Owensboro, KY. KY is home of the Hot Brown developed at the Brown Hotel. University of Louisville doctors performed the world's first successful hand transplant in 1999. The Southern Exposition Fair, located where the present day Old Louisville neighborhood exists, was the first place in the world that the electric light bulb was shown to the public. "Happy Birthday to You" was written by sisters Mildred and Patty Hill in their Louisville kindergarten class Originally called "Good Morning to You," it was later changed to this tradition birthday anthem. The Cheeseburger originated at Kaelin's Restaurant on Newburg Road. In 1934,Margaret Kaelin's husband asked her to put a slice of American cheese on his hamburger and the legend was born.