Most notably the scenes in Seabiscuit, the film about perhaps America’s most celebrated racehorse ever.

And don’t forget the Bond film, Goldfinger, where the baddies steal the gold from Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Fabled BBC traveller and ex-Python, Michael Palin, visited Burlington, Kentucky, in his classic documenatry Around the World in 80 Days.

In all, Kentucky has featured in 365 films, one for almost every day of the year. Here’s some of the more notable titles:

Elizabethtown
Demolition Man
Fahrenheit 9/11
How the West Was Won
Lost in Yonkers
The Asphalt Jungle