Ten Kentucky Tourist Places: National Corvette Museum (#9)

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In a desperate attempt to get one of our traveling myLotters to schedule some time here with Lori and me, I'm counting down ten of the great tourist spots in Kentucky. I've already looked at Louisville, where many of the most prominent tourist spots are (e.g., the Kentucky Derby, the Ali Center). Here's another place from elsewhere in our great state. #9: National Corvette Museum We have a lot of things that are singularly unique to Kentucky. I'll discuss another one of those things in another discussion. Meanwhile, we're talking cars faster than Tracy Chapman here: the legendary Corvette. If you see one zooming past you, there's only one place it came from: the GM Corvette plant in Bowling Green. I don't see any need for one. I mean, I can pay off my house and car for less than a new 'Vette costs. It's a status symbol, I guess. While you can't go to the plant and pick up a sample Corvette (just like the gold bars at Fort Knox, darn all our rotten luck), you can go next door to the National Corvette Museum and visit the history of the famous car. You may have heard about this place: in 2014 a large sinkhole under the museum opened and swallowed a number of cars that were on display. While all but one of the cars have been restored and the sinkhole closed up, it was a major addition to the Museum for some time. Even now, you can peek down a manhole cover at what was. Admission is $10, with discounts for seniors and children. National Corvette Museum Located in Bowling Green Information about the Museum: