Waiting for warmer weather to plan week­end get­aways with fam­ily and kids? Just because winter’s here doesn’t mean you and yours can’t strike out on a week­end get­away or snow day vaca­tion and ward off cabin fever. Kentucky has so many des­ti­na­tions that fit the bill even bet­ter dur­ing win­ter months so you can save all those spring and sum­mer breaks to get out­side! Roads are cleared so unplug the TV or com­puter and get on the road to plenty of indoor fun and enter­tain­ment for the whole gang.

21c Museum Hotel has been selected as the #1 hotel in the United States and #6 in the world in the pres­ti­gious 2009 Conde Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards. Hundreds of hotels were eval­u­ated by Conde Nast Traveler read­ers and more than 25,000 indi­vid­u­als voted. This year marks one of the few times an inde­pen­dent hotel has won the top award. 21c is the only U.S. hotel to make the list of the world’s top twenty hotels for 2009.

Fall, the best time of year for sto­ries of ghosts and other haunt­ing, is upon us. From now through early November, take a trip to where your spine gets tin­gled by tales of para­nor­mal activ­ity through­out Kentucky.