Arkansas
Find Arkansas travel tips, stories, maps, videos and news for unusual tourist attractions and sights.
Featured Attractions
Tiny Town
Hot Springs, Arkansas
The late Frank Monshinskie's vision of a spit-and-baling wire miniature America inhabited by your favorite 1970s TV celebrities.
Big Tesla Coil: Mid-America Science Museum
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Features "Caged Lightning" the world's most powerful conical Tesla Coil, throwing lightning bolts and scaring occasional children.
Arkansas Alligator Farm, Home of the Merman
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Half-man, half-fish has ruled from his humid perch in an outbuilding since the Alligator Farm first opened.
Josephine Tussaud Wax Museum
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Well-preserved time capsule of great old wax figures you can't see anywhere else.
Boggy Creek Monster
Fouke, Arkansas
The legend of the creature, bird crap beard and all, lives on at the Monster Mart.
Raven Statue
Ravenden, Arkansas
Burned down twice by vandals, the latest incarnation of the 12-ft. tall black raven statue sez "Nevermore!"
Birthplace of Wal-Mart
Bentonville, Arkansas
A corporate museum at the place where Sam Walton's Wal-Mart began.
Hot Springs
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Home of the Merman, a telepathic raccoon, and a recent US president. Clinton Teen Boy Trail, Bath House Row and spa history.
Trunkations
Little Rock’s Little Rock
Little Rock - The location of Little Rock's "little rock" has long puzzled visitors to Arkansas' capital city. Full story
Videos from the Road
Road trip clips, owner rants, art and junk in Arkansas Videos.
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Offbeat Landmarks and Oddities
Choice field reports and tips. Also see: Complete list of Arkansas attractions.
- Alma: Popeye statue
- Bentonville: Birthplace of Wal-Mart
- Berryville: Cosmic Cavern [tips]
- Berryville: Snake World
- Conway: Toad Suck [tips]
- Crossett: Mysterious Crossett Lights [tips]
- Dover: Double-Decker Outhouse, Booger Hollow Trading Post
- Eureka Springs: Christ of the Ozarks
- Eureka Springs: Berlin Wall Slab [tips]
- Fouke: Boggy Creek Monster [tips]
- Gateway: Giant Pink Bunny [tips]
- Gurdon: Mysterious Gurdon Lights [tips]
- Hope: Watermelon Capital
- Hot Springs: Arkansas Alligator Farm, Home of the Merman
- Hot Springs: Josephine Tussaud Wax Museum
- Hot Springs: Big Tesla Coil: Mid-America Science Museum
- Hot Springs: Bill Clinton's High School
- Hot Springs: Tourist Mecca
- Hot Springs: Tiny Town
- Little Rock: First Human Dissection in Arkansas
- Magnolia: World's Largest Charcoal Grill [tips]
- Murfreesboro: Crater of Diamonds [tips]
- North Little Rock: Park Made from Cement [tips]
- Paris: Runestones of Unknown Origin [tips]
- Ravenden: Raven Statue
- Redfield: Orange-shaped Drink Stand [tips]
- Russellville: Snapping Turtle on a Bicycle
- Springdale: McDonald's Plane [tips]
- Springdale: Popeye Statue
- Texarkana: Half-n-Half Post Office Photo Op
- Yellville: Turkeys Tossed From A Plane Once a Year
