Arkansas

5 places and 9 sights on our lists.

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Places in Arkansas

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Worth a Detour
Cities · Museums

Bentonville and Crystal Bridges

Arkansas

Walmart's hometown, now home to one of America's great museums of American art, free in a wooded ravine.

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Cities · Small towns

Eureka Springs

Arkansas

A Victorian spa town in the Ozarks, with winding streets, hanging hotels and a famous stone chapel nearby.

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Nature · National parks

Hot Springs National Park

Arkansas

America's old spa town, where a row of grand bathhouses is the national park. You can still take the waters.

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Cities · Cities

Little Rock

Arkansas

Where nine Black students integrated Central High School in 1957, with Bill Clinton's presidential library and the Arkansas River running through town.

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Spiritual · Chapel

Thorncrown Chapel

Arkansas

A soaring wood-and-glass chapel in the Ozark woods near Eureka Springs, Arkansas, designed by E. Fay Jones and among the finest American buildings of its century.

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Sights in Arkansas

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