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Ha Ha Tonka Castle Ruins

Camdenton, Missouri

Ha Ha Tonka Castle Ruins

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

City Museum

St. Louis, Missouri

City Museum

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Bachman-Wilson House

Bentonville, Arkansas

Bachman-Wilson House

A home designed to be on the cutting edge of comfortable, low-cost living.

The "meteor" stone on display.

Pocahontas, Arkansas

Pocahontas 'Meteorite'

Despite what scientists think, the town still says this is an extraterrestrial rock.

Chaffee Barbershop Museum. (Creative Commons)

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Chaffee Barbershop Museum

Where Elvis Presley received his first Army buzz cut.

Inside the Northern Ohio School

Earle, Arkansas

Northern Ohio School

A restored schoolhouse was once a vital part of the Black mill workers community in Arkansas.

Old Naked Joe Mountain. (Atlas Obscura)

Norfork, Arkansas

Old Naked Joe Mountain

Peak named for an old man who liked to run in the nude.

The house.

Murfreesboro, Arkansas

Mauney House and Mine

The remains of the first public diamond mine in Arkansas.

The final resting place of Rhea and his horse

Walnut Ridge, Arkansas

Grave of a Man and his Horse Killed by a Train

Together they left this world, and together they shall remain for all eternity.

The school was designed and built by two local carpenters

Mountain View, Arkansas

Turkey Creek Schoolhouse

This one-room schoolhouse in rural Arkansas dates to the 1920s, but looks like it could be the 1820s.

The Arlington Hotel

Hot Springs, Arkansas

The Arlington Hotel

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

Where the settlement once stood

Earle, Arkansas

Parkin Archeological State Park

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

Jones' Bar-B-Q Diner

Marianna, Arkansas

Jones Bar-B-Q Diner

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

The gates of the former Bassett POW Camp.

Joiner, Arkansas

Bassett POW Camp

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

Johnny Cash's Boyhood Home

Dyess, Arkansas

Historic Dyess Colony: Boyhood Home of Johnny Cash

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

The tri-point from the Arkansas side

South West City, Missouri

AR-MO-OK Tri-State Marker

Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.

The Highest Point in Arkansas

Paris, Arkansas

Magazine Mountain

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

Basin Park Hotel

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Basin Park Hotel

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

Springfield-Des Arc Bridge

Damascus, Arkansas

Springfield-Des Arc Bridge

This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.

Walnut Street

Calico Rock, Arkansas

Peppersauce Ghost Town

An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

9-25-20. Pretty neat place. $6 for adults

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Pivot Rock Park

This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.

Maxwell Blade’s Odditorium and Curiosities Museum
Permanently Closed

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Maxwell Blade’s Odditorium and Curiosities Museum

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

Dogpatch USA
Permanently Closed

Marble Falls Township, Arkansas

Dogpatch USA

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

Quigley's Castle

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Quigley's Castle

The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.

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