Places DrewONY Wants to Go

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Trek up to an abandoned fire lookout from the 1930s for an unimpeded view.

Waterfalls, rapids, and top-notch swimming spots await in this densely forested corner of the Smokies.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

A 50-foot-tall replica of the infamous lamp from 'A Christmas Story' illuminates this small town.

The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.

Once the smallest park in the national system.

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

One of the oldest show caves in Arkansas.

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

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

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

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

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

People of the Plum Bayou culture built these enormous mounds over 1,000 years ago.

Yup, that's where the name came from.

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

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

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

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

The highest waterfall between the Rockies and the Appalachian Mountains.

These hooded graves are the only of their kind in the United States.

The seventh largest spring in the world.