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A short boardwalk through a swamp leads to the spot from which the Louisiana Purchase was surveyed.

This mountaintop refuge rehabilitates tigers, lions, bears, and more from illicit wildlife trade—and offers overnight lodging.

The largest spring in Northwest Arkansas is also home to a sprawling botanical gardens and a historically significant bluff.

Memorials are nearly all that remains of this Arkansas prison camp, where thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated during World War II.

These waterfalls can be twins or triplets, depending on how much it's rained recently.

Yup, that's where the name came from.

There are no bodies inside these stone coffins. And there never were.

The highest waterfall between the Rockies and the Appalachian Mountains.

The warmest cave in the Ozarks features two seemingly bottomless lakes.

One of the oldest show caves in Arkansas.

These springs were once the source of a tourism boom to Sulphur Springs.

You can dig up your own crystals in the quartz capital of the world.

In the Ozarks, a waterfall shoots out from a glorious hole.

This impressive ledge seems to float above the Upper Buffalo Wilderness.

Mobsters came for a soak in the hot springs, and stayed for the illegal gambling and bootlegging.

Crystal hunters can dig for their own stones at this DIY mine in Arkansas’ quartz belt.

A beautiful botanical garden in the heart of the Natural State.

A mid-century telephone booth still stands, now a long-distance relic of the past.

Sometimes called the “Little Golden Gate," this bright yellow structure is the last driveable suspension bridge in Arkansas.

This sandstone marvel of nature is worth a stop along Highway 65.

This modest structure is where noted musician and the Band drummer Levon Helm grew up.

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

The finest example of Gothic Queen Anne Architecture in the U.S. was built out of rivalry and spite.

A sandstone canyon wilderness with a history of outlaws, mysterious disappearances, and a UFO encounter.