A welcoming Crescent Hill gallery featuring work by local artists.

A producers-only farmers market in the Bardstown Road Presbyterian Church lot, selling food grown and made by Kentucky farmers.

A weekly neighborhood farmers market at Douglass Loop with local produce, meats, baked goods and crafts.

An Olmsted-designed neighborhood park in the Highlands with a landmark stone bridge, playground and lawns.

A 400-acre park designed in 1891 by Frederick Law Olmsted, with a scenic loop, trails, Hogan's Fountain and wooded hills.

A 296-acre Victorian cemetery and arboretum, final resting place of Muhammad Ali and Colonel Harlan Sanders.

A glass studio at the western edge of Butchertown making and selling hand-blown glass.

An artist-run cooperative gallery featuring more than 20 local artists working across many media.

A free 40,000-square-foot concrete skate park with bowls, a 24-foot full pipe and a vert ramp.

The restored shotgun-style house where a young Thomas Edison rented a room, now a small museum of his inventions.

A growing botanical garden on the river side of Frankfort Avenue with themed gardens, a conservatory and downtown views.

A soccer-specific stadium in Butchertown and home to Louisville City FC and Racing Louisville FC.

Louisville's brandy distillery, back under independent local ownership, with tours, tastings and a rooftop bar with downtown views.

A historic Butchertown bowling alley with eight refurbished wooden lanes, a retro feel and a full menu.

A fine-art photography gallery on East Market showing work by notable photographers.

A Kentucky distillery's NuLu tasting and listening room, pouring unfiltered whiskey straight from the barrel.

A small Louisville distillery making its own spirits, with a tasting space and cocktail bar.

A DIY craft studio with a full bar, where guests make projects over cocktails.

An indoor bouldering gym at the east end of NuLu for climbers of every level.

A preserved 1868 Italianate townhouse tucked among downtown office towers, open for tours by appointment.

A Gothic Revival cathedral completed in 1852 and one of downtown's architectural landmarks, open to visitors.

A Louisville micro-distillery tasting room offering guided tastings, whiskey classes and flights.

A Whiskey Row tasting room from Kentucky's Pursuit Spirits, offering guided tastings and private barrel selections.

A family-owned craft distillery on the west edge of downtown, revived by the descendants of the original Peerless founders.

Michter's restored 19th-century Main Street building with distillery tours, tastings and The Bar at Fort Nelson.

An artisanal distillery and tasting experience from Kentucky's family-owned Heaven Hill, on the site of Louisville's early Whiskey Row.

A working Whiskey Row distillery where tours cover fermentation, an on-site cooperage and barrel aging, ending with a tasting.

Downtown's 22,000-seat riverfront arena, home to University of Louisville basketball and major concerts.

The riverside ballpark of the Louisville Bats, the city's Triple-A baseball team.

A former railroad bridge turned walking and biking path, linking Waterfront Park to Jeffersonville, Indiana, with sweeping river views.

An 85-acre riverfront park with lawns, playgrounds, splash areas and paths along the Ohio River, plus the Big Four Bridge.

The historic steamboat Belle of Louisville and her sister boats offer sightseeing, lunch and dinner cruises on the Ohio River.

A downtown cooking school offering hands-on cooking classes for date nights, friends and team building.

A downtown escape-room venue with themed puzzle rooms for friends, families and team outings.

A downtown comedy venue on Fourth Street with regular stand-up shows.

A Whiskey Row comedy club booking local and national stand-up acts.

An ornate 1928 movie palace on South Fourth Street that now hosts concerts, comedy and performances under its famous ceiling.

The city's main performing arts complex, home to the Louisville Orchestra, Louisville Ballet and touring Broadway shows.

Louisville's acclaimed professional theater, founded in 1964 and home to three stages on Main Street.

A contemporary art gallery on Museum Row showing work by regional and national artists.

A hands-on glass art center that offers classes and make-your-own glass experiences for beginners and groups.

A downtown glassblowing studio and gallery where visitors can watch artists at work and shop handmade glass.

The free contemporary art galleries inside 21c, the museum hotel founded in Louisville, open to the public around the clock.

A downtown museum telling African American history and culture, from Africa through the present day.

A riverfront museum and cultural center honoring Louisville's own Muhammad Ali, his boxing career and his principles.

A Museum Row contemporary art museum with rotating exhibitions, a shop and a cafe.

A hands-on science museum on Main Street with interactive exhibits and a large-format theater, a top rainy-day pick for kids.

A bourbon experience from Hillerich & Bradsby, the Louisville company behind the Slugger bat, where guests learn about whiskey and can craft a custom blend.

Home of the giant bat on Main Street, where visitors tour the working bat factory and see baseball history up close.

A Museum Row history museum and the official starting point of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, with exhibits on Kentucky history and bourbon.

An 18-hole public golf course in Seneca Park, with hilly fairways, wooded scenery and tees for a range of skill levels.