15 Best Weekend Getaways In Arkansas The Natural State is full of hidden gems. By Kristy Alpert There’s an unspoken rule in Arkansas about not bragging, and it has nothing to do with Southern propriety or humility. The truth is, if the Read More …
The Best Staycation in Every State Eureka Springs, Arkansas Eureka Springs, AR, USA The curious and the afflicted were some of the earliest arrivals in Eureka Springs, drawn by the legends of miraculous healing waters veiled beneath the isolated wilderness of Northwest Arkansas. Read More …
Where to Go Camping in the Ozarks By Kristy Alpert Virgin forests, soaring limestone bluffs, and crystal clear lakes aren’t just the backdrop for the Ozark Mountains’ best campgrounds; they’re the playground. Encompassing more than 32 million acres across four Read More …
2020 Editor’s Choice Awards: Innovators Seeing is believing, right? That’s a tough ask when you’re a museum in a city on lockdown. These 22 winners, primarily traditional, hands-on attractions, creatively pivoted to virtual programming or other tactics to keep visitors Read More …
The Perfect Weekend Getaway: Hot Springs, Arkansas From Houston, Texas By Kristy Alpert Tucked away in the Ouachita Mountains of Central Arkansas—earning its name from the gallons of 143-degree thermal waters that flow from the ground each day—Hot Springs has long Read More …
Where to Go for a Romantic Getaway in 2020 10of 10 Bentonville, Arkansas Northwest Arkansas has yet to make it on the radar for many travelers, which only adds to the allure of the seemingly undiscovered charming mountain towns and Read More …
American Woodie: Turning a Diamond Mine into a Humanitarian Gem Kristy Alpert For a man who has spent the last six years running a diamond mine in Sierra Leone, Woodie Butler wears surprisingly few diamonds. Zero, to be exact. Read More …
Vault: Banking on a Great Experience Kristy Alpert For nearly 40 years, the building at 723 Central Avenue in Hot Springs sat empty, abandoned after its last tenant, Citizens Bank, moved out and shut the ironclad vault one final time. Read More …
The 15 best things to do in Little Rock Check out the best things to do in Little Rock for fascinating history and new music in this small city with big ideas LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS By Kristy Alpert | Posted: Wednesday August Read More …
ROXing the State of Arkansas Kristy Alpert By Kristy Alpert | Photography by Jamison Mosley They say family history has a way of repeating itself. Fortunately for Herren Hickingbotham, his family has a history of good taste. The Arkansas native Read More …