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Remembering Lakeland Asylum’s looming presence over Anchorage

Branden Klayko - May 18, 2016

Rotterdam after bombings in World War II. (Wikimedia Commons)

That time the Courier-Journal proposed bombing Downtown Louisville

Branden Klayko - Aug 8, 2016

The story of Mellwood Bourbon and the early fight against phantom distilleries

Branden Klayko - Sep 22, 2014

Remember these six long-gone racetracks while watching the Kentucky Derby

How the single-family house evolved over the past 400 years, all in one handy chart

What’s that building doing in the middle of Frankfort Avenue? The story of the Heigold House

Stoneware owner Steve Smith on the company’s 200-year heritage, transformation of Paristown Pointe

Rendering of T2 light rail on Market Street. (Courtesy TARC)

A Quick Look Back at Light Rail in Louisville

Dec 5, 2011

On the River City Mall

Blast From The Past: River City Mall

May 7, 2010

Passenger Rail The Way It Used To Be

Sep 10, 2009

More history has happened at the Armory than in most places...

Dec 12, 2014

The Savoy Theater in 1941. (Courtesy UL Photo Archives)

Lost Louisville: The Savoy Theater on Jefferson Street

Dec 28, 2011

The Douglass Loop was once a treasure trove of Art Deco...

Mar 25, 2015

Louisville’s Incredible Elevated Rapid Transit Trains

Jan 5, 2010

A stack of trolleys from Los Angeles at the scrapyard. (Courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Worst: Louisville made a huge mistake trashing its once-robust trolley system

Feb 2, 2016

An inside tour of Smoketown’s haunting Merchants’ Ice Tower

Nov 17, 2015

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