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Blackton, AR
A limestone monument deep in a headwater swamp marks the initial point used to survey lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase. A boardwalk leads through cypress and tupelo forest to the surprisingly remote marker.
Fort Smith, AR
Fort Smith’s visitor center occupies Miss Laura’s, a restored former bordello from the city’s historic red-light district. It is one of the rare surviving buildings of its kind in the region.
Little Rock, AR
Known as the 'Westminster Abbey of Arkansas,' Mount Holly contains ornate monuments and the graves of governors, senators, soldiers and other notable Arkansans. Its age and elaborate funerary art make it a strong cemetery stop.
Norphlet, AR
A dramatic oil-well blowout in 1922 left a crater-like scar and became part of the story of Arkansas’s early oil boom. The site is remembered locally as the Norphlet Crater.
North Little Rock, AR
The Old Mill is a 1930s recreation of an old gristmill built with concrete made to resemble weathered wood. It became famous after appearing in the opening of Gone with the Wind.
Parkin, AR
This state park preserves a major Mississippian village site believed to be the Casqui settlement visited by the de Soto expedition in 1541. A surviving mound and archaeological remains sit beside the St. Francis River.
Garfield, AR
Pea Ridge preserves one of the most intact Civil War battlefields in the country. The battlefield includes Elkhorn Tavern, artillery positions, historic roads and extensive preserved terrain.
Scott, AR
Formerly known as Toltec Mounds, this park protects a major prehistoric ceremonial complex with multiple earthen mounds. The tallest surviving mound in Arkansas is part of the site.
Powhatan, AR
A restored 1888 courthouse and nearby historic buildings preserve a once-important Black River port community. The small hilltop complex feels unusually intact for a town that lost most of its former importance.
Prairie Grove, AR
One of Arkansas’s best-preserved Civil War battlefields surrounds a museum and historic village. Walking and driving routes cross fields and ridges that remain strikingly similar to the 1862 landscape.
Hope, AR
Bill Clinton’s first home is preserved as a National Historic Site in Hope. The small house offers an unusually intimate look at the early life of a future president.
Rohwer, AR
The cemetery and memorial preserve the most visible remains of the Rohwer Japanese American incarceration camp. Monuments and headstones stand amid farmland where thousands were confined during World War II.
Yellville, AR
Abandoned mining buildings and foundations remain along the Buffalo National River at Rush, once a zinc-boom community. Trails lead past ruined structures and mine-era remnants in a remote valley.
Tyronza, AR
The museum occupies the former building where the Southern Tenant Farmers Union was organized in 1934. Exhibits cover sharecropping, labor organizing and the harsh economics of Delta agriculture.
Marion, AR
This museum tells the story of the 1865 explosion and sinking of the steamboat Sultana, one of the deadliest maritime disasters in U.S. history. Many victims were recently released Union prisoners of war.
Conway, AR
Toad Suck is a real Arkansas place-name tied to a long-running local legend about riverboat crews stopping near the Arkansas River. The odd name has become a civic identity, complete with signs and an annual festival.
