Best Arkansas

The War Eagle Mill is a historic watermill located in Arkansas. It functions as a working reproduction of a 19th-century gristmill, utilizing gravity and flowing water to grind grains. The mill produces stone-ground flour, cornmeal, and grits using traditional methods. It’s popular with visitors int...

Rick Evans Grandview Prairie is a 4,885-acre state wildlife management area located in Hempstead County, Arkansas. Acquired in 1997, it represents the largest remaining contiguous tract of blackland prairie ecosystem in the state. The area is characterized by its unique alkaline soil and serves as a...

The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is located in Bentonville, Arkansas. It houses an extensive collection of American art spanning from colonial times to the present day. Notable for its innovative architecture by Moshe Safdie and significant holdings including works by Charles Willson Peale...

Cherokee Prairie Natural Area is a 232-acre protected site located in the Arkansas River Valley. It is notable for preserving one of the largest remaining tracts of native tallgrass prairie in the region, an ecosystem that has largely been lost to agriculture and development. The area features nativ...

The Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion is a modern outdoor amphitheater located in Rogers, Arkansas. It hosts concerts and events for audiences of up to eleven thousand people. Opened in 2014, its covered design provides weather protection enhancing the viewing experience. The venue serves both local a...

Paragould is an LL5 ordinary chondrite that fell near Paragould, Arkansas, in 1930. Its classification indicates a meteorite with relatively low total iron and low metallic iron whose constituent minerals were thermally equilibrated within its parent asteroid. Multiple recovered masses, including a...

The Caddo Mountain salamander (Plethodon caddoensis) is a lungless, woodland amphibian belonging to the Plethodontidae family. It is characterized by its exceptionally restricted geographic range, being exclusively endemic to the rocky ravines and slopes of the Caddo Mountains in Montgomery and Polk...

The third season of HBO's anthology crime drama True Detective premiered in 2019 and was created principally by Nic Pizzolatto. Mahershala Ali stars as Arkansas detective Wayne Hays, who investigates the disappearance of two children and revisits the case at different stages of his life. The story u...

The Old Mill, located in North Little Rock, Arkansas, is a 1933 reinforced concrete structure designed to replicate a 19th-century water-powered gristmill. Constructed during the Great Depression by Mexican sculptor Dionicio Rodriguez, the building features artificial travertine and petrified wood t...

The Battle for the Golden Boot is the annual college football rivalry game between Louisiana State University (LSU) and the University of Arkansas, both members of the Southeastern Conference. The winner receives the Golden Boot, a large gold trophy shaped like the combined geographic outlines of th...

The Fourche Mountain salamander (Plethodon fourchensis) is a lungless salamander in the family Plethodontidae that is strictly endemic to west-central Arkansas. Its natural range is highly restricted, primarily inhabiting Fourche Mountain and a few adjacent ridges within the Ouachita Mountain region...

The Grand Prairie of Arkansas is a historic natural grassland region located in the eastern part of the state within the Mississippi River basin. Historically covering hundreds of thousands of acres, this area was characterized by its distinct tallgrass prairie ecosystem. During the 19th and 20th ce...

The Little Rock Marathon is an annual road race held in early spring in Little Rock, Arkansas. The event is particularly famous within the running community for awarding finishers exceptionally large, custom-designed medals, which are among the heaviest and largest given out in the United States. Th...

Blanchard Springs Caverns is a limestone cave system located in the Ozark National Forest in Stone County, Arkansas. The three-level cave system features formations including stalactites, stalagmites, columns, and flowstones, with active water flow continuing to deposit minerals. The United States F...

Little Rock National Cemetery in Arkansas, established in 1866, is the primary Civil War national cemetery for the state and contains Union soldiers who died during campaigns in the Trans-Mississippi theater.

Pedestal Rocks is a designated scenic area located within the Ozark National Forest in the state of Arkansas. It is defined by its unique geological features, where centuries of differential weathering and erosion have left wide caprock sandstone boulders balancing atop narrow columns of softer rock...

Petit Jean Smoked Sausage is a type of prepared pork sausage manufactured by Petit Jean Meats, a company based in Arkansas. Established in 1923, the company named its brand after Petit Jean Mountain, a prominent local landmark. The sausage is distinguished by its traditional hickory-smoked preparati...

Evanescence is an American alternative metal band formed in Little Rock, Arkansas, known for Amy Lee’s operatic vocals and incorporating gothic rock and symphonic elements into their emotionally intense music since their debut in 2003.

KYYA Chocolate is a Seattle-based chocolatier that meticulously crafts its bars from single-origin cacao beans sourced directly from farmers in Madagascar and Ecuador, emphasizing traceability and quality throughout the entire production process.

Searles Prairie Natural Area in Rogers, Arkansas, is a protected 10-acre remnant of the historically vast Osage prairie, managed by the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission since 1979.

Niloak Pottery, founded in Benton, Arkansas, in 1909, is famous for its Mission Swirl artware, which featured intricately swirled, unglazed, multi-colored local clays.

The University of Arkansas’ Sam M. Walton College of Business offers an online MBA program specializing in retail and supply chain management. This flexible degree provides a Wharton-aligned curriculum designed for experienced professionals seeking to advance within these sectors. It is particularly...

Big Sugar Gravel is an American gravel race held in Bentonville, Arkansas, set in the Ozark hills and part of the Life Time Grand Prix competitive series.

A municipal zoo in Little Rock, Arkansas, opened in 1926, it houses over 500 animals representing more than 200 species within its 33-acre grounds.

The University of Arkansas is a public land-grant research university located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, that was founded in 1871 and is the flagship campus of its state system.

Hot Springs National Park is an Arkansas park designated in 1921, protecting thermal springs and historic Bathhouse Row in the city of Hot Springs.

Outdoor amphitheater in Rogers, Arkansas, opened in 2003 and serving the Northwest Arkansas region with a capacity of approximately 11,000.