11 Kentucky Towns With Unforgettable Main Streets
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11 Kentucky Towns With Unforgettable Main Streets
A thriving Main Street (or main street, as the case may be) offers locals a place to gather and visitors a look at the personality of a community. While the actual “main” street might have a different name, it is a central district, often historic, and always creative. Old buildings, new life, and the realized dreams of small business owners, chefs, and artisans often pave the way to something bigger and better than the sum of its parts. These 11 Kentucky towns with unforgettable main streets invite visitors to come back again and again.
Paducah
MainstreetinPaducah,Kentucky.Editorialcredit:AngelaNPerryman/Shutterstock.comKnownworldwideasacenterforartisanquilting,PaducahisaUNESCOCreativeCityofCraftsandFolkArt,butthat’sjustthestartofavisittothisthrivingcommunity.VisitorsflocktotheNationalQuiltMuseumandAQSQuiltWeek,butthehistoricdowntownareaisnottobemissed.ArchitecturalDigestrecognizeditasoneofthecountry’smostbeautifulanddistinctiveMainStreets.ForKentuckybourbon,SilentBrigadeDisti