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Arkansas is a unique tapestry of mountains, plains and fertile delta. Our history and heritage is part Western frontier, part Ozark pioneer and part Old South. Whether you choose to spend your time enjoying contemporary cityscapes or outdoor recreation that takes full advantage of The Natural State's abundant resources, we'll do our best to make you feel at home on your Arkansas vacation. 

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Confederate Cemetery

The Ozarks
Started in 1872 by the Southern Memorial Association of Washington County, which paid to have the remains of Confederate casualties at Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove, as well as from less-storied combats, removed and re-interred in what remains a...

Kessler Mountain Regional Park

The Ozarks
Kessler Mountain Regional Park features six lighted soccer fields, four lighted baseball fields, two restroom/concession buildings, trailhead access to the Kessler Mountain trails and parking for up to 200. More additions underway.

Pioneer Village

Pioneer Village, a collection of late 19th century buildings, farm equipment and other items of historic interest saved from throughout White county by the White County Historical Society. Buildings on the grounds include a log house, Little Red...

BoBrook Farms & River Bottom Winery

BoBrook Farms is a 235-acre working farm and event venue in Roland, Arkansas just down the road from Pinnacle Mountain State Park. Offers pick-your-own blueberries and blackberries in May and June and pick-your-own pumpkin patch, winter squash and...

Downtown Searcy Murals

Murals in historic downtown Searcy; depicting an industrial scene representative of White County and the area’s health care field.

Little Missouri Falls

Day-use area has cascading waterfalls, picnic area, hiking trail. Great for scenic photography.

Ron Coleman Mining

The Ouachitas
Ron Coleman Mining is considered to be the best pay to dig crystal mine in Arkansas. We have been the premiere destination for hands-on quartz crystal mining and precious gem gifts for 30 years. Families and visitors come from all over the country to...

Little Missouri River

The Little Missouri River begins in western Arkansas southeast of Mena, flowing freely through the Ouachita Mountains and scenic areas of the Ouachita National Forest that include the Little Missouri Falls and Albert Pike recreation areas. Some six...

Wolf Pen Gap

For all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes, more than 40 miles of loop trails at varied levels of difficulty in the Ouachita National Forest.

Arkansas Civil Rights Heritage Walk

Capital
Names of Arkansas Civil Rights activists are on sidewalk markers on Markham Street down to the William J. Clinton Presidential Library. Those featured include the Freedom Riders who came to Arkansas, several activists who participated in sit-in...

Bull Shoals Caverns

The Ozarks
Bull Shoals Caverns is 350 million years old and still alive and growing today with underground streams that flow throughout the caverns and a small waterfall at the back of the cave. The caverns have been used by prehistoric natives, civil war...

Fort Smith Museum of History

River Valley
Fort Smith Museum of History strives to preserve approximately 40,000 artifacts chronicling the city’s history as well as care for the 1907 Atkinson-Williams Warehouse (listed on the National Register of Historic Places) which houses the museum.

Mount Bethel Winery

The Ozarks
Historic cellar offers over 100-year-old tradition of wine making, bottling and tasting, plus tours; several traditional grape wine varieties as well as several specialty wines made from Arkansas-grown fruit such as blueberry and strawberry; gift...

Arkansas State University Museum

The Delta
Exhibitions begin with the rich fossil history of Arkansas and continue through the advent of humankind. A life-size skeleton of the mastodons that once roamed the area triggers the imagination to the time when Native American societies were emerging...

Arts On Main

The Ozarks
Housed in the circa 1912 St. Michael’s Catholic Church, the center offers shows, workshops, art classes for adults and children, special events.

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