Looking for something new to do? Challenge yourself to really get to know the 'ville — beyond whatever neighborhood you live in.
See how many items you've already knocked off our Louisville bucket list and join in on doing, seeing, eating and drinking your way through the rest!
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Visit Louisville Slugger Museum and snag a pic with the giant slugger
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Have a bloody mary from the Outlook Inn
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Cruise on the Belle of Louisville; it's their 200th anniversary year this year!
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Participate in a bourbon enthusiast class at The Distilled Spirits Epicenter’s Moonshine University
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Attend a Bats game
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Complete the Urban Bourbon Trail and redeem your t-shirt at Louisville Visitors Center
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Eat a Hot Brown at J. Graham’s Cafe in the Brown Hotel where this drunk munchies dish originated
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Go to Muth’s and eat a Modjeska
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Visit the Kentucky Derby Museum and tour Churchill Downs
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Visit Schimpff’s Confecionery, one of the oldest, continuously operated, family-owned candy businesses in the US
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Go to Churchill Downs and see the Derby, Oaks, and night racing at Downs after Dark
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Have a locally roasted and brewed coffee from Sunergos
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Visit 21C and their restrooms
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Indulge in a Maple Bacon donut from Nord’s
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Zip-line through the Louisville Mega Cavern
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Enjoy Dragon King’s Daughter’s late night specials
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Visit the Louisville Zoo
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Have late night drinks and eats until 4 am at The Back Door
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Get spooked at Waverly Hills Sanatorium
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Have barbeque at Smoketown USA
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Join in the Zombie Walk
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Take a glass blowing class at Glassworks
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Have a drink and people watch at Phoenix Hill Tavern
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Eat and drink outside at Garage Bar and marvel at the car art
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Visit the Thomas Edison House
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Enjoy dining at Ramsi’s and choosing between cuisine from all over the world
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Go bowling at Vernon Lanes, the oldest active bowling alley in the country!
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Enjoy dining at Village Anchor
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See a play at Actors Theatre
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Dine at Edward Lee’s 610 Magnolia
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Play arcade games and catch a local show at Zanzabar
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Eat at Havana Rumba and have their mojito
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See a play at Shakespeare in the Park
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Have a margarita at El Mundo
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Rent a DVD from Wild & Woolly
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Eat at Ollie’s Trolley, one of the few remaining in the country
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Cross the bridge for a flick at Georgetown Drive In
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Eat at Hammerheads
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See a Midnight special showing at Baxter Ave. Theater
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Get a breakfast worth the wait at Wild Eggs
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See a show or movie at Iroquois Amphitheatre
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Eavesdrop on horse-racing industry while eating at Wagner’s Pharmacy
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Stroll around Central Park and admire the nation’s largest collection of victorian houses, right here in Old Louisville
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Pay Barbara Lee’s a late night visit
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Attend both the St. James Court Art Show and UnFair
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Drink a Mint Julep from Varanese
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Hang out at the Flea Off Market
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Enjoy weekend brunch at Toast
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Go to the Douglass Loop Farmers Market
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Make the rounds at all of our many pizza places and determine your favorite
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Go wandering around and take in the beauty of all the Olmsted parks and get lost in Cherokee Park
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Enjoy a coffee from Heine Brothers while reading a book from Carmichael’s next door
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Attend Waterfront Wednesday at Waterfront Park
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Enjoy freshly baked Blue Dog Bakery bread
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See a free, or close to, comedy local show at The Bard’s Town
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Go to the Iroquois neighborhood for awesome vietnamese food at Vietnam Kitchen
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Check Out McAlpine Locks and Dam and watch the locks operate when the barge goes through
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Eat at the Mayan Cafe and fall in love with lima beans
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Visit the Falls of the Ohio while enjoying a scoop from The Widow’s Walk and checking out the Louisville skyline
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Have a farm to table experience at Harvest
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Walk the Big Four Bridge
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Go to food truck roundups until you’ve tried all the trucks
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Visit the original Why Louisville and take a photo with their photo opp
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See a show at The Palace Theater
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Have a beer you’ve never heard of at Sergio’s
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Explore Frankfort Avenue at the F.A.T. Friday Trolley Hop
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Have a beer at each of our local microbreweries
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Visit the Colonel at Cave Hill Cemetery
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Dine at Anthony Lamas’ Seviche
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Do the First Friday Trolley Hop and hit up the museums that offer free entry Visit the Muhammad Ali Center, Visit the Frazier History Museum
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Get tasty tacos at Las Gorditas
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Find the local spots on 4th St. (Not) Live
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Dine at Proof on Main and get cotton candy for dessert
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Belt it out at Akiko’s karaoke
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Take a short trip to Hubers and do a wine tasting and pick berries
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Enjoy a beer in the upstairs loft of an old Unitarian Church at Holy Grale
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Go to Forecastle
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Eat a type of meat you never imagined you would at Game
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Visit the Portland Museum
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Dine at Louisville classic Jack Fry’s
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Go swimming at the quarry
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Dine at the Blind Pig
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Pre-game at Louisville Pizza Pub, get a discounted drink when the train goes by and then see the game at U of L’s Cardinal Stadium
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Enjoy a taste of Appalachia at Hillbilly Tea and their “moonshine”
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Watch the largest fireworks show in North America during Thunder Over Louisville at Waterfront Park
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Lunch on a Louisville original, benedictine spread, on a sandwich at Emma Lou’s
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Go antiquing at Joe Ley’s
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Dine on Bowman Field, one of the oldest airports in the country, at Le Relais
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Ride bikes along the waterfront and rent one from Wheel Fun, or a segway
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Go to Koreana II and do the table top grill BBQ
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Admire Jerry’s Junk and hear his stories about his collection
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Enjoy Northern and Southern Indian cuisine at Dak Shin
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Take a picture at the Door To Nowhere
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Enjoy one of our favorite Kentucky staples, beer cheese, at Eiderdown
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Strike a pose with the statue of David outside of 21C
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Go to Old 502 Winery for a wine tasting
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See a show at the Kentucky Center
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See Kizito Cookies being made and get one fresh out of the oven
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Pretend to be a tourist on the City Taste Tours
- See a show at the Rudyard Kipling
Know of something special and unique to Louisville that you'd like to see added to the list? Let us know at louisville@yelp.com