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Since 1989, folk artist Joe Minter has filled his yard with homemade sculptures, shrines, and signs as a tribute to African-Americans, on orders from God. Visitors are welcome.
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- Address:
- 931 Nassau Ave. SW., Birmingham, AL
- Directions:
- On the southwest edge of the city. I-65 exit 258. Drive west on Route 18 for one mile, then turn left onto Martin Luther King Jr Drive. Drive south and take the third right onto Nassau Ave. Joe Minter's place is the last house on the left.
- Hours:
- Daylight hours. Open gate policy; tours available if Joe is at home. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 205-322-7370
- Admission:
- Free, but you can buy an African Village book and/or DVD from Joe.
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
In this Creationist creation, man and dinosaurs survived the Great Flood and lived together. For a while anyway.
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New Holy Land
- Directions:
- Museum closed and planned to move to a new location in Dallas, Texas. A lack of funds has delayed its second coming.
- Status:
- Closed
A tourism mainstay in downtown Hot Springs, the museum is a well-preserved time capsule of great old wax figures you can't see anywhere else.
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- Address:
- 250 Central Ave., Hot Springs, AR
- Directions:
- Downtown, on Central Ave., across the street from the towering old Arlington Hotel.
- Hours:
- Summer daily 9 am - 10 pm; fewer hours off-season. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 501-623-5836
- Admission:
- Adults $10.
- RA Rates:
- The Best
Tiny Town displays are mostly handmade from recycled materials. This place has amazing details, moving parts, great stories. We really enjoyed it. The boys didn't want to leave!
[Sarah, 08/07/2018]Tiny Town:RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Address:
- 374 Whittington Ave., Hot Springs, AR
- Directions:
- On the north side of Whittington Ave. a half-mile west of Hwy 7/Central Ave.
- Hours:
- March-Oct. daily 10-3; fewer days off-season. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 501-624-4742
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
Over the years, the town's black raven statue had been torched twice by vandals. Nevermore! The current model is more impervious to morons, standing on a small plaza flanked by an Arkansas and an American flag.
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- Address:
- Hwy. 63, Ravenden, AR
- Directions:
- Northwest of Jonesboro on Highway 63. It sits on the right side of the highway just as you enter the town going west.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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