Leisure and Travel Blog

1. The Culbertson Mansion's "Literally, A Haunted House" is held in the 5,000 sq. ft. carriage house every fall. The event is its biggest fundraiser, raising almost $1 million to date for the mansion's restoration.

2. The Culbertson Mansion has four floors, a basement, and eight fireplaces.

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1. Oktoberfest Sip & Stroll in downtown Jeffersonville- Stroll through “hipstoric” Jeffersonville’s shops and treat yourself to local food, great beers and wines on Oct. 2. Tickets are $15, and the trolley rides are FREE the entire evening, 6 to 9 p.m. www.jeffmainstreet.org

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Oh Baby! Children's Boutique will open in Downtown New Albany in October with upscale items for both mother and child.

Oh Baby! will carry high quality products and children's clothing. It will have both upscale resale clothing, as well as brand new product lines like Petunia Petunia PickleBottom,

The folks who brought you Red Yeti Brewing Company have debuted Too Tired Bike and Bean, a coffee, café, and bicycle repair shop. It opened next door to Red Yeti on September 4th.

Too Tired serves breakfast Paninis, fruit smoothies, classic coffees, and baked goods. They serve coffee specially

Floyd County Brewing Company now open

Floyd County Brewing Company opened in mid-September with a humorous, medieval theme that owner Brian Hampton describes as “Medieval meets Monty Python.” The dark décor, reminiscent of castles in movies, includes coats of arms and paintings depicting knights in

New Albany native Frank “Fuzzy” Zoeller is only one of three golfers in history to win the Masters Tournament on his first appearance.

Harland Sanders, known as Kentucky Fried Chicken’s founder, Colonel Sanders, was born on Sept. 9, 1890 in Henryville.

NASCAR and ARCA Racing Series

New Albany’s Samuel Culbertson and Churchill Downs Indiana famous family’s connection to the Kentucky Derby The Kentucky Derby is known worldwide as “the most exciting two minutes in sports.” But did you know that the Derby has a strong connection to New Albany, Indiana’s famous Culbertson family?