Places Nicole Lee Wants to Go

One of the oldest show caves in Arkansas.

An outsider art studio that created a piece of work so popular they had to turn mainstream.

A peaceful place in the woods where everything is a work in progress.

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.

Where Elvis Presley received his first Army buzz cut.

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

The final resting place of an esteemed bear hunter and formerly enslaved man who led Theodore Roosevelt on a hunting trip that inspired the creation of the teddy bear.

Memorials are nearly all that remains of this Arkansas prison camp, where thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated during World War II.

This modest structure is where noted musician and the Band drummer Levon Helm grew up.

A short boardwalk through a swamp leads to the spot from which the Louisiana Purchase was surveyed.

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

The remains of the first public diamond mine in Arkansas.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

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

The strange and snarky traditions of the lumber industry's fraternal order began with five men waiting for a train here in Arkansas.

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.

This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.

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

Mobsters came for a soak in the hot springs, and stayed for the illegal gambling and bootlegging.

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

Crystal hunters can dig for their own stones at this DIY mine in Arkansas’ quartz belt.

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