Kentucky

"To be born in Kentucky is a heritage, to brag about it is a habit, to appreciate it is a virtue," is a famous quote by Paducah, KY native Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb. An author, humorist, editor, and columnist, he wrote more than 60 books...

Burger Chef was a fast-food hamburger chain that started in Indianapolis in 1958. At its peak in the mid 1970s, it was second only to McDonald's in the number of nationwide locations. The chain even made inroads into Canada. In 1982, the chain was sold...

Louisville is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 29th-most populous city in the U.S.

Burger Queen was a popular fast food chain in the Louisville area. It was founded in 1963 and its mascot was Queenie Bee,??? with it's roots going back to 1956 in Winter Haven, FL.??In 1981 it became Druther's Restaurant to reflect a broader menu...

Jim Porter's Good Time Emporium stood at the corner at Lexington Road and Grinstead Drive for 25 years, from 1990 to 2015. It hosted concerts and featured a variety of old-style beers.

Queenie Bee was the the beloved mascot of the Burger Queen fast food chain. She retired in 1981 when the chain changed its name to Druther's.

The Toy Tiger was a rock & roll and general entertainment club that operated from 1973 to 1999. It's iconic sign was somewhat of an area landmark particularly at night when its neon shown bright at the corner of Bardstown Road and Goldsmith Lane....

Louisville Lightning were an indoor soccer team based in Louisville, Kentucky and joined the Professional Arena Soccer League in 2009. The Lightning played three full seasons in the PASL before going on hiatus after the 2011 12 season. In a March 2013 interview, team...

The Louisville Bulls??were a semi-pro football team that played from 1988 to 2011. For their first two seasons they played as an independent team. In 1990 they joined the Hearts of Ohio Football League (HFL) leaving that circuit in 1992 to join the Mid...

Wild and Woolly Video opened in 1997 renting and selling over 20,000 titles on DVD, Blu-Ray, and VHS. It specialized in hard-to-find classics, obscurities, and titles too weird for the mainstream. One of the last video rental businesses in the region, it closed in...

Druther's Restaurant was a fast food chain in Louisville that began as Burger Queen??in 1963, with its roots going back to 1956 in Winter Haven, FL. The name change came in 1981 to better reflect the restaurant's offerings which came to include chicken and...

Wacky T. Weasel is the former mascot of rock station WQMF.

Added to National Register of Historic Places, the Gardens opened as the Jefferson County Armory in 1905. In 1975, it became Louisville Gardens. Lance Russell and Dave Brown hosted the infamous Tuesday Night Wrestling show from the Gardens on WDRB-TV. The building was the...

Tiger Red Cream Soda was popular in the '70s and '80s throughout Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Southern Indiana.

The Kentucky Colonels were a professional basketball team that played in the American Basketball Association from 1967 until 1976, first at the Convention Center, now known as the Gardens, and later at Freedom Hall. The team had the highest winning percentage of any franchise...

Ear X-tacy, a name inspired by British band XTC, opened in 1985 and quickly became Louisville's premiere alternative record store. Major recording artists often came and played in-store including Queens of the Stone Age, My Morning Jacket, Foo Fighters, The Black Keys, Tenacious D,...

Tewligans was probably the most famous establishment to call 1047 Bardstown Road home. Until 1981 it was a biker bar called The Cherokee. After becoming Tewligans, it hosted local, regional, and national rock acts. While it didn ??t have as long a history as...

Toy Tiger was a famous night spot in Louisville that hosted rock concerts as well as wet T-shirt contests, banana eating competitions, and other such spectacles. READ MORE and checkout our sticker.

The Derby City Rovers, originally the River City Rovers, were founded in 2010 and were members of USL 2. Their home pitch was at the??King Louie's Sports Complex. The team was dissolved in July 2018.

The Kentucky Colonels were a professional basketball team that played in the American Basketball Association from 1967 until 1976, first at the Convention Center, now known as the Gardens, and later at Freedom Hall. The team had the highest winning percentage of any franchise...

The Kentucky Colonels were a professional basketball team that played in the American Basketball Association from 1967 until 1976, first at the Convention Center, now known as the Gardens, and later at Freedom Hall. The team had the highest winning percentage of any franchise...

The Kentucky Colonels were a professional basketball team that played in the American Basketball Association from 1967 until 1976, first at the Convention Center, now known as the Gardens, and later at Freedom Hall. The team had the highest winning percentage of any franchise...

The Louisville Thunder were charter members of the American Indoor Soccer Association, and played from 1984 to 1987. The reached the finals in each of their three seasons, capturing the championship in 1987. Their home pitch was the Broadbent Arena at the Kentucky Exposition...

The Kentucky Bourbons were a men's softball team that played in several professional leagues from 1977 to 1982 at Bishop David Stadium. The team was part of the first live broadcast on a fledgling cable sports channel called ESPN. The Bourbons played the Milwaukee...

Old Sport Bourbon was a bourbon brand manufactured in Louisville.

Ever notice how much the shape of Kentucky looks like Jabba the Hutt? Here's the shirt y'all.

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"I thought Cincinnati was in Ohio?" The Greater Cincinnati Airport opened in 1947 in Boone County, Kentucky. In the 1990s, the name was changed to the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport. Cincinnati has the distinction of being the only major U.S. city whose main commercial...

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