Places Sarah Finley Wants to Go

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

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

Life-size figures portray depot attendants, train crew, and passengers frozen in time at the oldest railroad station in Arkansas.

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

The remains of the first public diamond mine in Arkansas.

Local legend says that someone is buried in the trunk.

A wild trout fishery in Arkansas.

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

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

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

Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.

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

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

This massive railroad spike celebrates the 1939 premiere of the movie “Union Pacific.”

The oldest university museum west of the Mississippi retains its 19th century feel.

The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.

A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.

This remote island in Iowa was abandoned after being devastated by flood.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.