On Saturday I was heading to Nashville to see a Tennessee Titans game (unfortunately Kentucky doesn’t have a pro-anything team, hopefully one day we will see the return of the Kentucky Colonels) via the back roads when my buddy suggested we stop and see the Jefferson Davis Monument.

I had absolutely no idea what he was talking about. I didn’t know that such a thing existed but I was immediately interested.

As we approached the site, we could see the obelisk from miles away. Apparently it is the tallest unreinforced concrete structure in the world and my is it a sight to see. There is no way a structure like this would exist outside of the South though.

The whole site is very CSA oriented and rightfully so for the birthplace of the only president of the Confederate States of America. The museum is full of CSA paraphernalia as well as person items of Jefferson Davis.

You can even go to the top of the structure, something I missed out on at the Washington Monument when I was in Washington D.C. but I can say the views from this monument are probably 100x better. That’s because they’re views of the great Commonwealth of Kentucky of course.

Even after returning home, everyone I’ve talked to hasn’t heard of this site. I don’t know how Kentucky has such a great hidden gem but it is definitely a must see.