Beaver, Arkansas: Shoe Tree (Gone)

Yes, maybe a thousand shoes dangle from the tree now, and a handful from its neighbors -- maybe it's branching out? This is on the southern half of the route 187 loop to Beaver Lake just northwest of Eureka Springs. (The first junction with it as you leave town.) It's about one mile from route 62, and on the north side of the road (right side if you're coming from town), with a large gravel area you can park in about 100 yards east of it. Sneakers are the most common hangings, but I saw cowboy boots, firemen's boots, dress shoes, sandals and lots more. I didn't see any high heels, though! Some of the newer additions were signed and dated; a bit of "Kilroy was here" and a bit of "Johnny loves Cindy."

Along the road around Beaver Lake (east side), AR, people have taken literally hundreds, even thousands of pairs of shoes, tied the laces together, and flung them up in a roadside tree. It's truly a bizarre sight that left the family speechless for a moment.