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

Local legend says that someone is buried in the trunk.

The remains of the first public diamond mine in Arkansas.

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

Home to a seasonal waterfall and swimming hole in the Ouachita Mountains.

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

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

This restaurant serves wood-fired fare served in a natural cave with a live spring.

A wild trout fishery in Arkansas.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.

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

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

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.