This longhorn cow is in a snowy field near Sugarcreek, Ohio just off County Road 70.
This building, at the corner of North 15th and West Main, is in Louisville, Kentucky.
I-65 crosses the Ohio River in Lousiville, Kentucky over to Indiana on the other side. See it on a map.
The Ohio River is, by volume, the largest tributary to the Mississippi River.
Louisville was founded at the only major natural navigational barrier on the river, the Falls of the Ohio. The Falls were a series of rapids where the river dropped 26 feet (7.9 m) in a stretch of about 2 miles (3.2 km). In this area, the river flowed over hard, fossil-rich beds of limestone. The first locks on the river were built in 1825 at Louisville to circumnavigate the falls. Today it is the site ofMcAlpine Locks and Dam.
This run down barn is located near Hardinsburg, Kentucky and can be seen from the road, Kentucky 79.
The Balloon Festival is Provo, Utah is an event that involves three days worth of competition by over 25 hot air balloons.
The pilots participate in several games, including Hare and Hound, in which the competitors try to drop bean bags onto a target that the “hare” balloon lays out.
The balloons are laid out on Bulldog field near the BYU campus in Provo. Children and families can walk around on the field with the hot air balloon envelopes (the part that inflates) before and while they are inflated. This gives spectators an opportunity to see the balloons and equipment up close.
The hot air balloon pictured above is always the lead (hare) balloon of the Freedom Festival. The majority of the committee members for the Balloon Festival have been working together since the first festival 27 years ago.
The balloons can remain in the air for about 2-3 hours on the propane they take up with them before they have to land.
The pilots rely on the air currents to pilot their hot air balloons. They use their propane to heat up the balloon and raise in the air, or they allow the balloon to cool and lower to catch a different air current. As the sun rises, the air currents shift dramatically, making the early morning launch a challenging but beautiful time of day for the pilots.
The Coca-Cola hot air balloon is 154 feet tall from basket to bottle cap, and is the tallest balloon in operation on the planet. This balloon is piloted by Scott and Laurie Spencer of Boise, Idaho.
See more photos from the Balloon Fest here.
Starr’s Mill, a popular attraction near Fayetteville, Georgia.
The current building was built in 1907 by William T. Glower. This was not the first mill built on the property – this mill was actually built to replace one that has burned.
The mill is named for Hilliard Starr, but he was just one of many owners. The current mill, which was built on the foundation of the mill that burned, operated until 1959 using a water-powered turbine, instead of a wheel, to grind corn and operate a sawmill.
Not everything about the mill is so cheery, though. This mill is the site of Fayette County’s most notorious unsolved murders. In 1966, the caretaker of the mill, George Lynch, was found unconscious, and died in the hospital one day later. The autopsy revealed that he has suffered a blow to the head. Exactly nine years prior, his wife, Fannie Lou Lynch, had also died at the mill – she was hit by a car as she crossed the bridge in 1957.
To read more about the history of the mill, check out this Times Harold Article.
