Stopped by the Captain William Shannon Landmark while passing through town and ended up…read moreappreciating it more than I expected. It's a simple monument, but once you read into it, you realize how important William Shannon was to the founding of the area he actually donated land that helped establish Shelbyville back in the 1790s. The marker itself isn't anything flashy, so don't expect a big attraction or anything interactive. But if you enjoy local history, it's worth a quick stop. It gives you a real sense of how early settlements were formed and the role individuals played in shaping towns like this. I'd say it's a solid quick visit nothing you go out of your way for, but definitely a nice historical touch if you're already in the area.

City Hall ... a well known spot in Louisville's downtown, but not a spot most of us need or want to…read morevisit. I spent time there with my son and classmates for their mock trial competition. We found ourselves in small courtrooms used throughout the week by our local judges and attorneys. You will enter through the front doors and pass through security. Pockets must be emptied and bags placed on the scanner. You can bring in drinks and food but no glass containers. Vending machines can also be found inside. Bathrooms were in terrible shape, sometimes out of toilet paper. Overall this isn't an exciting building structurally. I was hoping it would feel more historical and interesting. Below is the information from the Louisville Metro Government website, which gives insight of its history and current usage. ..................... Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, this Louisville landmark at 601 W. Jefferson St. is an impressive piece of civil Architecture and a metaphor for Louisville's Post War optimism and can-do attitude. Its exuberance is a stylistic counterpoint to the far more austere, 1836 Greek Revival style county courthouse across 6th St. Before city hall was built, there was no city Government building. City officials had shared space in the County Courthouses. Plans for the city hall were initiated when a design competition was help with the winner receiving five hundred dollars. In April 1867 the winning design, created by Louisville architects John Andrewartha and CS Mergell, was chosen. By the summer of 1870 the final plans of construction had been drawn by Andrewartha, in association with local architects C.L. Stancliff and Co. The existing government buildings on the site were demolished, and ground was broken for the building's foundation. The city engineer, I.M. St. John had been chosen by Louisville General Counsel to oversee the project, and Andrewartha was named the managing architect. Built with stone from the White River quarries near Salem, Indiana, city hall's construction took place between 1870 and 1873 at a cost of $464,778. The city hall, with its three stories and raised basement, was a blend of Italianate motifs and the French Second Empire style that was prominent in civic buildings after the Civil War. The edifice is also characterized by prolific use of symbolic ornamentation. Louisville's trust in progress and railroads is reflected in the buildings upper carvings. For instance, the pediment over the main entrance displays a bas relief of the city seal represented by a train "plowing through the wilderness" past such Southern flora as a palm tree and bearing the slogan "Progress 1871" This not only indicated the direction of Louisville's principal trade but was also an apt symbol of the tremendous influence the railroads, especially the Louisville and Nashville line, had on the city's commercial development. Likewise, the stone livestock carvings along the sides of the building reflect the importance of Louisville's Stockyards in her economic history. Another prominent feature of the city hall is its 196-foot-high, four faced clock tower with a mansard roof, built by Henry Whitestone in 1876 after an 1875 fire had damaged the original. A major exterior restoration of City Hall was undertaken in 2017. The limestone walls were cleaned, masonry joints were tuck pointed, and windows were renovated. During the restoration, several architectural elements were replaced such as the limestone columns and cast-iron corbels. Many of the same methods used to construct the elements were used to recreate the replacement pieces. Thought the exterior has remained largely unchanged, several renovations and remodeling projects have left little of the original interior intact. Today, the building houses the offices and chambers of the Louisville Metro Council.

This is a nice memorial dedicated herb Platz I'm not sure who Mr. plants his but he has a nice…read morememorial tribute to him in Prospect Kentucky. While we were walking around the newly formed hiking trail we come across herb plans memorial

This is a cool castle that I took my family to over the summer. I enjoy visiting random unique…read moreplaces. It's one of my favorite things to do in exploring and adding things to help. So of course we had a great time at this castle in Lagrange

3 moose rack sculpture is a fun public art sculpture and dual purpose bike rack that sits in…read moredowntown Lousiville just off of east Main Street. Kinda gives off the old animal figurines with the heat no evil, see no evil and speak no evil poses. somehow I just recently discovered that back in 2008/2009 the city of Louisville hired multiple sculptors or artists for what they called the bike rack program. With the goal of making unique and artistic bike racks and spread them throughout the city of Louisville. These 3 posing moose is one of those 20 plus bike racks created for the initiative. Overall pretty neat find and lead me to discovering the bike rack project. So now I have my eye out for fun little sculptures and will have to look at then placard on the ground to see if they are apart of the bike rack series here in Lousiville.

The three moose Brack sculpture is a lot of fun to check out. It's got mousses. It's got a bike…read morerack and Scott sculptures. What more could you want?

This is an awesome looking tree that's on the campus at University of Louisville. It's wicked…read morelooking with all the designs and cool features and branches that go all over the place. It's also habited by a large amount of cardinal birds. Which I thought was pretty awesome since Louisville university mascot are the Cardinals. So I thought it be cool to call this the wicked cardinal tree and added on here

Every time I pass this horse I get a sense of Kentucky pride. It has a Kentucky flag on one side…read moreAmerican flag on the other. It is right outside the first watch I'll Taylorsville Road in the Highlands. It's a colorful nice horse and it is just one of the many that are fair city has all over the place

While I was out exploring the area I came across that Douglas loop trolley turn around. I didn't…read moreknow this was there I never knew it existed but it did. It was a little history of the Douglas loop back to Avenue Bardstown Road and the trolley turn around that used to be at this particular location