Cave City

Yesterday was my day off and had planned on going to Huber's Winery, but just couldn't force myself to deal with the traffic to Indiana.  I had heard about a little Haunted Hotel in Cave City, KY that also offered black light mini golf and decided that was a better destination.  I was correct.

I had been wanting to visit Cave City for a long time, but for some reason or another I hadn't made it there.  After about an hour and a half on I-65 S, we got off on exit 53 and I immediately knew what all the fuss was about.  It's a giant playground in the form of a quaint little city with tons of oddities all off one exit.  You can visit Dinosaur World and see life size dinosaur statues for $12.75.  You can also visit the The Alpine Slide  where you take a chairlift ride to the top of a mountain then get in a sled and ride down a 1/4 mile slide with twists and turns to the bottom of the mountain for $5.  In the same area as the Alpine Slide is a go kart track, bumper cars, bumper boats, and a little horse back riding area.  All in the same stop!  Each $10 or less!  There's also an assortment of tiny little diners or bbq places, general stores, a 50's themed putt putt course, and Wigwam Village....where you can rent out rooms built as teepees.  We visited the  Wildlife Museum filled with the best taxidermy work I've ever seen, and then hit Guntown Mountain's Haunted Hotel and Blacklight Mini Golf.  It was $10 for the Haunted Hotel and it came with free "Haunted" Blacklight Mini Golf.  Amazing.  The Haunted Hotel was scary.  We had no tour guide and it was pitch black and I couldn't see where I was going, feeling my way through corridors and walls while random clowns and ghouls jumped out at us.  There was no bathroom at the Haunted Hotel, but the nice lady offered me a paper towel and told me I was welcome to go relieve myself up the hill.  I LOVE this place.     

Go Karts

Scenic Bumper Cars

The Chair Lift to take you to the Alpine Slide.  You can also just do the Chair Lift without doing the slide.

Bumper Car Arena

Wildlife Museum

A bizarre statue of a dog with breasts holding a frying pan at the General Store.

Haunted Blacklight Mini Golf

Wigwam Village

Sleep in a Wigwam

The Haunted Hotel

Wildlife Museum