Abraham Lincoln Birthplace

Kentucky


Lincoln's birthplace has a replica of the single-room log cabin where he was born, enshrined in a neoclassical building that mimics his famed memorial in Washington, DC. Ten miles away is Honest Abe's boyhood home at Knob Creek, with access to hiking trails.


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