Things to do in Louisville and the Bluegrass

Climb 56 steps to a neoclassical memorial holding a symbolic log cabin on the farm where Abraham Lincoln was born.

Walk three decks of exhibits inside a 510-foot Noah's Ark built to the dimensions given in the Bible.

Hike 40 miles of trails, walk the Canopy Tree Walk and find giant forest sculptures across 16,000 acres of woods.

Walk or bike a half-mile 1895 railroad bridge over the Ohio River between Louisville and Jeffersonville, Indiana.

Tour a working bourbon distillery on the Kentucky River and finish each guided tour with a tasting.

Watch Thoroughbred racing beneath the Twin Spires at the track that has hosted the Kentucky Derby since 1875.

Explore Kentucky history exhibits on Museum Row and start the Kentucky Bourbon Trail at its welcome center.

Tour the Clermont distillery where Beam bourbon is made, from grain to barrel, and finish with a guided tasting.

Walk the landscaped grounds of a 1936 Thoroughbred track, watch morning workouts from the rail and eat at the Track Kitchen.

Explore two floors of Kentucky Derby history, watch a 360-degree film and join a guided track visit at Churchill Downs.

Meet champion racehorses, see the Breeds Barn and tour the International Museum of the Horse on a working 1,224-acre horse farm.

A theme park with six roller coasters, family rides and the Hurricane Bay water park beside the Kentucky Exposition Center.

A former limestone mine under Louisville where you ride a guided tram, zip line or climb a ropes course entirely underground.

Tour the factory where Louisville Slugger bats are made, hold bats swung by legends and pose under a 120-foot bat.

A 134-acre zoo where you see polar bears, gorillas, orangutans and snow leopards across themed zones from Africa to the arctic.

Tour a historic bourbon distillery on Star Hill Farm, taste the whisky and hand-dip your own bottle in red wax.

The girlhood home of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, filled with period furniture, family portraits and Todd and Lincoln artifacts.

Follow Muhammad Ali's life through films, memorabilia and interactive exhibits, and step into a ring modeled on his training camp.

Tour Federal Hill, the Rowan family mansion tied to Stephen Foster's ballad, where a singing guide performs My Old Kentucky Home.

Tour restored 19th-century Shaker buildings, walk farm and nature trails, and stay or dine inside a preserved Shaker community.

See art from antiquity to the present, including works by Rembrandt, Rubens and Monet, at a Louisville museum founded in 1927.