Toward the end of May, flags and flowers will decorate many of the more than 60,000 graves at the five dedicated veterans’ cemeteries in Arkansas. A large majority of these honored men and women survived their military service, whether in war or peace. But their deaths, sometimes decades later among…
One of Arkansas’ most sublime settings will welcome a throng of visitors for Easter. They’ll be exploring a religious enclave that has sustained its sacred and secular missions through varied challenges since 1878 in a bucolic Logan County setting. Subiaco, the state’s only Benedictine abbey, survives at a time when…
At Ozark Highlands Nature Center in Springdale, an outdoor archery range lets visitors channel their inner Robin Hood by firing arrows at a set of targets designed to look like wildlife. At Crowley’s Ridge Nature Center on the outskirts of Jonesboro, a two-story diorama demonstrates rainfall runoff and the strength…
An air rifle like the one that starred in the perennially popular movie A Christmas Story is displayed in one of the most popular exhibits at the Daisy Airgun Museum in Rogers. The Daisy Red Ryder model can be seen in a layout focused on the beloved comedy, watched again…