Louisville Slugger Museum
Louisville Kentucky is home to many great things. One of the most intriguing places I visited while in Louisville was the Slugger Museum. This isn’t your typical museum but is a baseball museum that focuses on the Louisville Slugger bat. This impressive wooden bat has been the go to choice for baseball’s hall of famers. The slugger was used by greats like Babe Ruth, Ken Griffey Jr, and Derek Jeters. The museum has many great pieces of history and memorabilia of the sport one such piece of history is the slugger that Joe DiMaggio used to set his 56-game hitting streak record. This museum didn’t’ open its doors just because it had some history but it opened its doors because it is also the factory where the Louisville Slugger is built. That’s rights this is a museum and a factory in one. The tour is my favorite part of the museum, it is cool the see all the old bats and gloves but to see how a bat is made and the love that goes into making each one is amazing. Admission to the museum is just $11 bucks for adults, $10 for seniors, and $6 for kids 6-12. It is really a great establishment and a place I would recommend to any baseball lover.
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There are some things you just have to see for yourself and one of them is the MEGA cavern in Louisville Kentucky. It’s the sight of a huge limestone rock quarry, for over 42 years miners have been blasting rocks out of this cavern. In 1989 some of the mine was bought and the massive hole that was left was turned into a huge high security commercial storage facility. Since the mine has been discovered as a place which can be used it has been being turned into office and other useful things. The inside of the cavern has over 4 million square feet of space that can be used. It is also being used as a place to recycle brick, blocks, and dirt. Today the cavern is museum that you can visit and explore with guided tours. The tours are pulled behind an SUV. Yes, the cavern is so big that you can drive in them. It’s really the only way to get around in any timely matter because of its size. There are2 different tours to take one is a zip line tour and the second is a group tour. This is perhaps the only place in the world where you can zip line underground it exciting and a once in a lifetime opportunity. The group tours are nothing shappy either. Which ever way you decide to tour the MEGA cavern it is well worth your time.