Places rbowptown Wants to Go

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

This impressive ledge seems to float above the Upper Buffalo Wilderness.

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

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

Yup, that's where the name came from.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The remains of the first public diamond mine in Arkansas.

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

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

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

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

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.

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