The Atlas Obscura Guide To Fort Smith

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Fort Smith, Arkansas

Updated March 26, 2025

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Unusual Attractions in Fort Smith

Chaffee Barbershop Museum. (Creative Commons)

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Chaffee Barbershop Museum

Where Elvis Presley received his first Army buzz cut.

Miss Laura’s Social Club.

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Miss Laura’s Brothel Museum

The only brothel on the National Register of Historic Places.

Exterior of the Clayton House.

Fort Smith, Arkansas

The Clayton House Museum

A beautifully restored 19th-century house that’s possibly haunted.

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Spiro Mounds

Spiro, Oklahoma

Spiro Mounds

Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.

10 miles from Fort Smith

I Yam What I Yam

Alma, Arkansas

Popeye Statue

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.

11 miles from Fort Smith

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