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First craft distillery rickhouse built in Kentucky. Traditional design Rickhouse to store 2100 barrels over two floors of three tiers each, for as consistent of an aging environment as mother nature will allow. The highly engineered design of the warehouse compliments the distillery's efforts of offering a single batch bourbon, a new term that means each batch of bourbon was cooked, fermented, distilled and barreled as one single batch destined to be bottled from that single batch.

This small original log building housed the first U.S. Post Office west of the Alleghenies, when Kentucky was still a district of Virginia. Thomas Barbee was commissioned the first postmaster on August 20, 1792, and the first mail was received a few weeks later on November 3rd of the same year. The original site of the post office was two blocks west of the present location, on Walnut Street. It was moved to Constitution Square for preservation and display as a part of the State Historic Site.

Boyle County was established in 1834 and named for Judge John Boyle, who served at different times as a state representative, United States Congressman, and U.S. District Judge for Kentucky. Although Danville was one of the first towns established in Kentucky, Boyle County was the 94th of Kentucky's 120 counties. It was formed from parts of Mercer and Lincoln Counties, with Danville being named the county seat.

A history museum in miniature, this vast maze of timelines, villages and fantasy areas is more than a person can truly examine in one visit. The surprising aspect is that it is fascinating for boys as well as girls, not only because there's a deep, dark cave with dragons and trolls, but also for the general historical impact of the entire building and miniature scenes. The building is an historical ex-national guard armory with 20 foot ceilings, hung with old gothic church lights

Norton Center for the Performing Arts is Danville's local theater/performance hall. Located on beautiful Centre College campus, the center plays host to concerts, plays, art shows and more. Both programs from local area schools and major theater productions are put on yearly. I was able to see Vanessa Redgrave here, but unfortunately was not the least bit impressed with her one woman show "A Tribute to my Father". Norton's brings great amounts of culture to small town Kentucky.

Constitution Square State Historic Site was the begining of Kentucky's statehood. Danville’s location on the Wilderness Road caused it to become a crossroad for settlers, and a political center. Danville was selected to house the first seat of Kentucky government. A meetinghouse, courthouse and jail were built to to support the local government. Between 1784-1792, ten constitutional conventions took place on the site of Constitution Square.

"Our Roof Is the Whole Sky!"The Pioneer Playhouse is a seasonal outdoor theater that has local actors at their best. Kentucky's oldest outdoor theater, it adds a bit of culture to small town Danville throught creative productions, beautiful sets and a lovely setting. Pioneer Playhouse boasts the beginings of several major actors careers including Lee Majors, John Travolta, and Jim Varney.

This brick house, circa 1820, was the home of Dr. Alban Goldsmith. Dr. Goldsmith was a pupil and assistant to Dr. Ephraim McDowell, whose home is located opposite Constitution Square on Second Street. Goldsmith assisted Dr. McDowell when he performed the first successful ovariotomy on Jane Todd Crawford in 1809, pioneering abdominal surgery.

Herrington Lake is a 2,335-acre artificial lake located in Mercer, Garrard and Boyle counties in Kentucky, United States.