Places jgborden Wants to Go

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

One of the oldest show caves in Arkansas.

Art blooms at this unique outdoor gallery along the banks of the Arkansas River.

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

A wild trout fishery in Arkansas.

This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

Everything in this miniature world was handmade from matches, paperclips, wires, tin cans, and other everyday objects.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

Ernest Hemingway wrote a good portion of "A Farewell to Arms" while living with the parents of his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer.

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

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

The highest waterfall between the Rockies and the Appalachian Mountains.

The scant remains of an expansive indigenous civilization can be seen at this Arkansas state park.

A beautiful South Korean gate and garden in Little Rock honors American Taekwondo.

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.

On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.