Paragould, Arkansas
Paragould War Memorial
This Lady Liberty is the oldest replica of its kind outside the state of New York.
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Paragould, Arkansas
This Lady Liberty is the oldest replica of its kind outside the state of New York.
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Where Elvis Presley received his first Army buzz cut.
Gurdon, Arkansas
The strange and snarky traditions of the lumber industry's fraternal order began with five men waiting for a train here in Arkansas.
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas
Together they left this world, and together they shall remain for all eternity.
Calico Rock, Arkansas
An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.
Camdenton, Missouri
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
Earle, Arkansas
The scant remains of an expansive indigenous civilization can be seen at this Arkansas state park.
Heavener, Oklahoma
One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.
Marble Falls Township, Arkansas
A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.
Caledonia, Missouri
This "little gallery in the middle of nowhere" is housed in a 170-year-old horse barn in the Missouri Ozarks.
Pocahontas, Arkansas
Despite what scientists think, the town still says this is an extraterrestrial rock.
Norfork, Arkansas
Peak named for an old man who liked to run in the nude.
Mountain View, Arkansas
This one-room schoolhouse in rural Arkansas dates to the 1920s, but looks like it could be the 1820s.
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas
This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.
Paris, Arkansas
A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.
Bigelow, Arkansas
Town not known for anything except its strange name.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."
Yellville, Arkansas
The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.
Mammoth Spring, Arkansas
Life-size figures portray depot attendants, train crew, and passengers frozen in time at the oldest railroad station in Arkansas.
Damascus, Arkansas
This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.