Kentucky Life

Covered bridges around the state; artist Stan Schu of Georgetown, who sculpts with a chain saw; Louisville's renovated Cathedral of the Assumption; and Carter Caves State Park in northeastern Kentucky. A 1995 KET production hosted by Byron Crawford.

A botanist's tour of a recently discovered area of old-growth forest in Harlan County, the Speed Art Museum's restoration of a doll presented by the Japanese as part of a cultural exchange in the 1920s, and a wetlands area in Western Kentucky that's a stopover for migrating birds. A 1995 KET production hosted by Byron Crawford.

A family-oriented riding program in Falmouth and Carrollton, a 70-year-old weaving business in Berea, songs of the 1960s civil rights movement, and a privately preserved forest in Nelson County. A 1995 KET production hosted by Byron Crawford.

Profiles a nun, one of the Sisters of Loretto, who creates liturgical art; an Owensboro museum dedicated to Kentucky's indigenous music, bluegrass; the museum at Churchill Downs in Louisville, which traces Kentucky Derby history; and Kingdom Come State Park in Eastern Kentucky, home of black bears. A 1995 KET production hosted by Byron Crawford.

A settlement near Paintsville where visitors can see how 19th-century pioneers lived; a Henderson man who carves elaborate wooden miniatures, many with moving parts; monks' lives at the Trappist abbey in Central Kentucky where Thomas Merton once lived and wrote; a former basketball star who's making a name for himself as a sculptor; and a 15,000-acre forest and park in Christian County.

Mount Sterling's Paul Williams and his hand-crafted guitars and dulcimers; a working farm in Scott County where visitors can pick their own Halloween pumpkins; the traditional stone fences of the Bluegrass; and the Western Kentucky recreational area, which features an 1850s homeplace. A 1995 KET production hosted by Byron Crawford.

A gifted Lexington boy who composes music, writes, and draws; Herschel House of Butler County, who makes traditional Kentucky long rifles by hand; an Eastern Kentucky park and its classes on building bird and bat houses; and the University of Louisville's annual jazz camp for student musicians of all ages. A 1995 KET production hosted by Byron Crawford.

The oldest continuously operated mill in Kentucky, a memorial to Kentuckians killed in the Vietnam War, the Mount Sterling candy company that makes "Blue Mondays," a Frankfort bourbon distillery, and a volunteer program to rescue wounded birds of prey. A 1995 KET production hosted by Byron Crawford

An Owenton quilt artist, a museum in Benham dedicated to the history of the coal-mining industry, a young sculptor from Wilmore, and the site of Daniel Boone's first Kentucky settlement. A 1995 KET production hosted by Byron Crawford.

Jessamine County's Janice Miller and her painted gourds; a Louisville program that teaches young men about drums and about their African heritage; "Hombre" Embry and his private Bluegrass Motorcycle Museum in Ohio County; and a Woodford County farm that produces thoroughbred horses, cattle, and crops. A 1995 KET production hosted by Byron Crawford.

A historic tour of Paducah and a textile exhibit at its Yeiser Art Center, a cave-country motel where travelers can sleep in concrete teepees, and a 4-H agricultural exhibit for Northern Kentucky kids. A 1995 KET production hosted by Byron Crawford.

Camp Nelson was a training camp for African-American troops during the Civil War, then a refugee camp for their families. The Valley View Ferry hauls cars across the Kentucky River between Fayette and Madison counties. Both Civil War presidents were born in Kentucky, and both have monuments in the state: Abraham Lincoln's in Hodgenville and Jefferson Davis' near Hopkinsville. A 1995 KET production

The history and charitable works of the Kentucky Colonels, ultralight airplanes, and the restaurant where Harland Sanders perfected his "finger-lickin' good" fried chicken. A 1995 KET production hosted by Byron Crawford.

Santa impersonator Jack Gillespie of Shepherdsville; Olde Tyme Toys in Richmond; a Christmas concert by Rockcastle County children; holiday decorations in Frankfort; and dollmaker Anna Lee Blinco of Louisville, who gives away many of her creations. A 1995 KET production hosted by Byron Crawford.

A cooperative that helps woodworkers network and find new markets, simulator-based tank operations training at Fort Knox, Joe Ley Antiques in Louisville, a Lexington painter of religious works, and a post-office mural that depicts the history of a small Western Kentucky town. A 1995 KET production hosted by Byron Crawford.