MERCER COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — July is National Hemp Month and many Kentucky growers are taking advantage of the versatile plant. Throughout the 1800s, shakers at Pleasant Hill used hemp for many ...

The Preserve at Shaker Village boasts more than 500 plant species and 150 species of local and migrating birds. Wildflowers cling to limestone cliffs and brambles shelter young deer.

South Union, in Auburn, Kentucky, was active from 1807-1922, sprawling 6,000 acres, boasting more than 225 buildings and supporting a population of roughly 400 at its peak, said Tommy Hines, the ...