Arkansas
Located just across from the Garvan Woodland Gardens, the Anthony Chapel is an architectural masterpiece. This soaring, wood-and-glass complex, built in…
Must-see attractions in Arkansas
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Ozark Mountains
This enormous art museum, sprawling across a series of creek ponds fed by mountain streams, is an unexpected find, to say the least. The curved pavilions…
William J Clinton Presidential Center
Arkansas
This library houses the largest archival collection in presidential history, including 80 million pages of documents and two million photographs (although…
Ozark Mountains
This 3.5-mile walking tour winds through downtown Eureka Springs and neighboring residential areas. The route is dotted with more than 300 Victorian homes…
Arkansas
The excellently maintained trails of this state park, the oldest in Arkansas, wind past a lush 95ft waterfall, romantic grottoes, expansive vistas and…
Arkansas
This stellar state park features some 14 miles of trails that wind around Arkansas' highest point. The surrounding vistas are spectacular, taking in all…
Fayetteville
Terra Studios is hard to pin down. It's...a big piece of public art? Sure, with plenty of sculptures, a kid-friendly area, a labyrinth, and reminders of…
Arkansas
On Bathhouse Row in the 1915 Fordyce bathhouse, the NPS visitor center and museum has exhibits about the park's history, first as a Native American free…
Ozark Mountains
The spectacular Blanchard Springs Caverns, 15 miles northwest of Mountain View, were carved by an underground river. It's a little-known, mind-blowing…
Arkansas
Mt Nebo and surrounds are crisscrossed by 14 miles of trails that plunge into the woodsy mountainscape. The strenuous Nebo Springs trail makes a loop that…
Arkansas
This park rolls pleasantly along the Arkansas River, and both pedestrians and cyclists take advantage of it. It's a truly fine integration of the river…
Ozark Mountains
Thorncrown Chapel is a magnificent sanctuary made of glass, with its 48ft-tall wooden skeleton holding 425 windows. There's not much between your prayers…
Arkansas
On top of Hot Springs Mountain, the 216ft tower has spectacular views of the surrounding mountains covered with dogwood, hickory, oak and pine – lovely in…
Little Rock Central High School
Arkansas
Little Rock's most riveting historic attraction is the site of the 1957 desegregation crisis that changed the country forever. This was where a group of…
Arkansas
Most people don't think Arkansas and 'island escapes', but that's exactly what Buck Island is – a Mississippi river retreat of almost 1000 acres of…
Arkansas
This wax museum is a throwback to the days when an off brand wax museum was all your town needed to be a tourism attraction. From the moment you enter and…
Arkansas
While these are technically the University of Arkansas' botanical gardens, Garvan feels more like a forest grove caught between the mountains and an…
Botanical Gardens of the Ozarks
Fayetteville
Even if you're the type to roll your eyes at the words 'botanical gardens,' take some time out to visit this 40-acre wonderland. You'll find the…
Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park
Fayetteville
Located about 12 miles southwest of Fayetteville, this state park encompasses some 700 acres where the eponymous Civil War battle of Prairie Grove was…
Arkansas
You can easily lose a day poking around the waterfalls and woods of this 2200-acre state park, named for Lake Catherine, itself one of the natural…
Arkansas
This wild and pretty forest is studded with lakes and draws hunters, fishers, mountain-bike riders and boaters. The small roads through the mountains…
Ozark Mountains
Built in 1886, the Crescent is a gorgeous, functioning artifact of an older age. Step into the dark-wood lobby, with its roaring fireplace and carpets,…
Fayetteville
You can't have a North American college town without a main drag packed with cafes, bars, little stores and students being students. Dickson St is that…
Arkansas
And now for something completely different: a museum dedicated to Star Wars. This fantastically geeky temple is the labor of love of one particularly…
Fayetteville
The byproduct of the construction of the Fayetteville Dam, Lake Fayetteville is a pretty dollop of blue surrounded by hundreds of acres of protected land,…
Arkansas
This fascinating museum has an intensive niche mission: telling the tale of the 20th-century American woman via her handbag. Hundreds of purses from 1900…
Ozark Mountains
The town's top cultural attraction, just north of Mountain View, hosts ongoing craft demonstrations, a traditional herb garden and nightly live music that…
Arkansas
Miles of icy-blue water mark this 34,300-acre reservoir, which is surrounded by boat-launch ramps and flat-out pretty views. There's a big visitor center…
Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
Arkansas
The Butler Center is a research department of the Central Arkansas Library System dedicated to promoting an understanding of the state's arts and culture…
Ozark Mountains
This expansive park includes 21 miles of hiking and biking trails that crisscross the forested mountains and surround an 85-acre lake. Located about 3.5…
Arkansas
Little Rock's art museum features excellent visiting exhibitions and a permanent collection that includes an impressive array of contemporary crafts, an…
Arkansas
Blues fans and history buffs should visit this museum, which displays all manner of memorabilia such as Albert King's and Sister Rosetta Tharpe's guitars,…
Arkansas
A proper science-and-natural-history museum, perfect for families. There are exhibits on the human body, Arkansas ecosystems, tornadoes, paleontology, and…
Arkansas
The largest bridge built specifically for pedestrians and cyclists in the US; it connects 17 miles of multi-use trails in Little Rock and North Little…
Arkansas
Heifer International is a global nonprofit that aims to eliminate world hunger via a 'not a cup, but a cow' philosophy - effectively, teaching sustainable…
Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
Fayetteville
The Shiloh Museum is a good starting point for exploring the Ozarks' considerably complex history and culture. Exhibitions include six historical…
Maxwell Blade's Odditorium & Curiosity Museum
Arkansas
The 'museum' attached to Maxwell Blade's stage show is a collection of horror-movie props, weird toys, creepy dolls, freak-show paraphernalia and, as the…
Arkansas
A cluster of historic buildings is spaced around a museum center that contains permanent and changing exhibitions on all facets of Arkansas history, from…
Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center
Arkansas
This Nature Center, run by the state's game and fishing commission, serves as a good access point for learning about Arkansas' natural world, especially…
WWII Japanese American Internment Museum
Arkansas
During World War II, Japanese Americans were rounded up and evicted from their homes and businesses and sent to live in internment camps. One of these…
