Quirky and Offbeat Attractions mu Arkansas

01 ye 08

Popeye Chimiro muAlma

Icho chimiro chinoshamisa cheshamwari, asi ini ndinoda. Kana iwe uri mukuru Papa, iwe unogonawo kuona sipinashi inogona mvura shongwe iyo inoparidza Alma iyo sipinashi guta guru renyika. Iyo sipinashi inogona kuwanikwa kubva kuU.S. 71 North uye uyewo nemitambo yepamberi Popeye the Sailor man.

Yokutanga Papaye chifananidzo chakavakwa muna 1987 kunze kwepepa mache uye fiberglass. Yakabhadhara muna 2007 uye yakatsiviwa nemifananidzo yakakura yebhandi yaunoona muAlma's square square (Fayetteville Ave) nhasi. Chifananidzo chepakutanga chiri muchitoro chinonzi Kustom Kaps chaiyo mumugwagwa.

Sei vaPapa vose vanoda muAlma? Alma ndiyo imba yeAllen's Canning Company, iyo inotakura sipinashi. Izvowo musha weMutambo weSipinachi gore rega rega, kazhinji munenge munaApril.

02 of 08

Christ of the Ozarks - Nyika Yese Yakatsetseka Yakasarudzwa Kristu

03 of 08

The Little Golden Gate Bridge

The Little Golden Gate Bridge muBeverver inotora zita rokuti "Little" zvakanyanya. Rakareba mamita makumi mashanu uye makubhiti gumi paupamhi. Bhujiro reBeverver ndiro bhero rekupedzisira rakasara muA Arkansas. Ingochenjerera. Ndiyo imwe nzira yebhiriji, saka unofanirwa kuva nehanya nemigwagwa inouya. Iwe haufaniri kunetseka nezvakawanda zvekutengesa mumusha wakarara weBeverver, zvakadaro. Guta racho rinenge riri duku sebhiriji.

Bhulogi iri rakanaka spooky pariri, kunyange pasina mamiriro emigwagwa. Bhiriji racho pachayo rinogadzirwa nemapuranga emapuranga, akafanana nehuni rakaoma pasi. Paunofamba bhiriji, iwe unogona kuinzwa ichigunzva uye ichibvunda. Iwe unoshamisika, "Ichabata here?" Yakabatanidzwa kubva muna 1949, saka iwe zvichida wakachengeteka.

Bhiriji rave rakaoma nguva, kunyange zvakadaro. Yakakundwa zvakaoma nemvura yegore ra2008, uye dhigirii yemugwagwa wehurumende yakaratidza kuibvarura pasi kuti iwane nzvimbo yebhiriji idzva, remazuva ano. Zvisinei, vanyori vezvakaitika kare uye vagari vemo vanokurumidza kupikisa uye yakagadziriswa iyo yakange yaparadzwa. Hazvina kufanana nekudengenyeka sezvazvakanga zvakaita, izvo zvingava chinhu chakanaka.

The Little Golden Gate Bridge iri paAA 187, iyo inomhanya kubva kuAreka 23 kusvika kuUnited 62 pakati peLestern Island neRogers uye iri pedyo neEureka Springs (mapu). Ichi ndicho chimwe chezvakanyanya kunaka munzvimbo. Ndezvipi zvimwe zvaungaita muBeverver? Zvakanaka, chengetera peji "Chengetai Gwaro Rakanaka reGold Gate" kuti udzidze zvakawanda nezveBeverley Arkansas. Nharaunda yacho inonyanya kufarirwa nevanoters nekuda kwemajini anotema.

04 of 08

Mammoth Orange Care muRudfield

Redfield inenge awa imwe kubva ku Little Rock, kuenda kuPine Bluff. Amai vangu vanondiudza kuti maMammoth Orange aimbova aifanira kumira panzira yePine Bluff. Iwe unogona kuzvipfuura mazuva ano, asi iwe ungaitirei? Vane mukaka wakaisvonaka, mhando yakanaka uye iwe uchange uchidya muchikamu cheAmerika.

Mammoth Orange Cafe yakavakwa muna 1965 neEarnestine Bradshaw. Yakanga yakagadzirwa segantamende guru rekutevedzera Orange Julius imire yakange ichikwira kumativi ose eCalifornia mumakore makumi mashanu nemakumi matanhatu. Mai Bradshaw vakanga vashanda paimira yekunwa maruva, uye vaida kudzorera iyo kuA Arkansas. Mai Bradshaw vakafa muna 2007, asi Orange iri kuenderera mberi mukuyeuka kwake. Yakasununguka nhasi uye inoshanda sehairi yehairy uye cafe.

Iwe unogona kuverenga kubvunzurudzwa kwakakwana uye kuwana hukama kune mazano. Kana uri kutungamira kuPine Bluff kana kuenda kuRawfield, iva nechokwadi chekumira uye unakidzwe neMammoth Orange.

05 of 08

The Merman of Hot Springs

Handizivi nhoroondo yose ye merman, asi hapana imwe kunze kwePan Barnum iye pachake akatanga kufarira pfungwa yacho. PT Barnum ndiye baba vezvikwereti, uye vanochera zvakanaka pakuparadzanisa benzi kubva pamari yake. Barnum's Fiji mermaid yaiva iyo torso uye musoro wemwana monkey yakasungirirwa kumashure kwehafu yehove uye yakafukidzwa mupepa-mache. Zvisikwa zvakaratidzwa pasi pose muna 1842. Barnum akati yakabatwa kune imwe nzvimbo muFiji kune umwe wevashandi vake. Kubvira panguva iyoyo, pane zvakawanda zvakave zvakashata zveFiji mermaids uye merman, uye kunyange Ripley's apindira pane chiitiko chekugadzirisa.

Merman wedu akararama muHot Springs kwemakore makumi mashanu. Akagara mumba. Kana akambochengetwa muchitoro chechipo, sezvandinoyeuka, haachipo. Anogara muimba imwechete semamwe mhuka yemasididermy, uye nguva yechando inobata mhirizhonga, saka iye anoratidza zvishoma nezvishoma uye musty. Ndinofungidzira kana uri mu cryptozoology, iwe uri muzvinhu zvakadaro. Chii chaunotarisira kuri $ 6.50? Ndinofungidzira kuti ndizvo zvinotaurwa naBarum's customers zvakare.

Zvimwe zvakawanda pamusoro pegorozi raigligator.

06 of 08

Outhouses muA Arkansas

Booger Hollow iduku duku, taundi duku riri pedyo neCenic Byway 7 kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweA Arkansas. Chiratidzo cheguta racho chinoparidzira "vanhu vanomwe, vanoverenga imwe mbwa yekuvhara." Chaizvoizvo, ndinofunga kuti "Booger Hollow" yakaitwa pakukwezva vatashanyi. Nzvimbo iri pamepu iri muDever, AR. Kukwezva kukuru kunoshandiswa kuva chiduku chiduku chechipo chinokwana, The Booger Hollow Trading Post, yakazara yezvikomo zvechikomo uye yeA Arkansas. Imba yakataurwa pamusoro apa yaiva chikamu chemashure ekutengeserana, uye yakawana zvishoma pasi mumugwagwa kubva kwairi.

I "Shamba yekutengesa" ikozvino yakavharwa. Vakatengeswa muna 2004. Zvisinei, iyo yeDec-decker yekunze ichiripo, nguva yekupedzisira yechando. Iyo inoshandisa "maw" uye "paw" nzvimbo uye, "kumusoro kwakapfigwa" kana isu tichiona plumin '. " Cheesy, asi iri mufananidzo kana iwe uri kuenda kunzira.

Iyo inofadza imba, asi iwe unoda kuwona chaiye, imba yeA Arkansas yakanga yakafanana? Ndinoziva iwe unoita! Isu tose tinoita, chaiko? Rudyi? Iyi nzvimbo inotonhorera kuona kuti vaAcanans vaigara sei Grant Grant Museum muSheridan. Iwe unogona kuona kuti imba yakachengetwa sei pakutanga kweA Arkansas, kusanganisira zvivako. Iwe unogonawo kutarisa hutende hwenyika yose, iyo inosanganisira nzvimbo yepamusoro yeimba muMena, muWaachita National Forest.

Iwe unoziva nguva yangu inofarira yekuona imba yekunze? Apo iyo inomhanya, inoitika gore rose pagomo reMount View Beanfest . Ndiani aiziva nyemba dzakapa nzvimbo dzokumhanya dzinomhanyawo? Yose yeOctober muGomo reMount, vatinhiriri vanoisa dzimba dzavo pamakumbo nemazariro pasi paJefferson Street. Ndiyo hilarious. Iyo mhizha ine mazita anofadza uye zvishongedzo. Icho chimwe chezviitiko zvakakura, zvinonakidza zvaunofanira kuona kamwe chete. Gore rino, Beanfest ndiyoOctober 28-30. Vane kidha yekambani yekupemberera chiitiko zvakare. Mamwe mashoko nemifananidzo.

07 of 08

The Norman, AR Library

Kune maguta maduku muA Arkansas, asi hapana mabhuku makamuri maduku kupfuura aya ari kuNorman town square. The Norman Library inongova yehukuru hwekamuri duku: 177 square feet. Iko / yaiva bhaibheri rekusununguka uye rakanyatsoshanda kwemakore mazhinji. Kune zvirevo zvekuti iyi ndiyo mabhuku mashoma ekudhindisa mabhuku kuU.S., asi webhusaiti yeNorman inoti pane mabhuku mashoma muCalifornia.

Nzvimbo yepawebsite yaNorman inoratidza nhoroondo yemabhuku. Ndinofunga kuti zvinofadza chaizvo kuti chimiro cheguta racho chakakonzerwa nekuonekwa kwemukadzi, kunyanya mumakore makumi matatu nemakumi mana kana vakadzi vasingatauri kutaura zvakawanda. Iraibhurari yakavakwa muna 1939 neWPA. Kunze kwehukuru hwayo, inonzi iyo inobata dombo (sezvakawanda zvirongwa zveWPA) uye denga reTire reimba.

Bhuku raive rakavharwa nekugadziriswa kwekanguva, asi iwe unogona kuchiona uye neguta rekona. Iwe uchaona kuona kwemweya weA Arkansas wapfuura.

08 we 08

Helena uye Gravity Hill

Iyi ndiyo chete nzvimbo yeA Arkansas ndinoziva kuti motokari yako inogona kukwira chikomo. Zvinoratidzika sezvisina kusimbisa manzwisisiro uye simba, asi chaizvoizvo inofungidzira. Kune zvikomo zvakasiyana-siyana zvakadai, uye chinhu chimwe chete chavari pamwe chete chizere chakavharidzirwa. Apo mahedheni akavharwa, ubongo hwedu hahugoni kushandira nzvimbo yedu. PaGlorvity Hill muHelena, miti inotsvaira zvakare, iyo inobatsira kunyengera. Zvimwe pamusoro pemigumisiro.

Chokwadi chiri shure kwechinhu chacho chinotyisa, asi pandakanga ndichiita tsvakurudzo yebhuku rino re blog, ndakawana dzimwe nhoroondo dzinonakidza pamusoro pokuti nei iwe uchikwira kumusoro. Zvinoita sokuti, chikomo chacho hachibvumirwi. Ndiani anotsvaga? Ndiani anoziva. Vamwe vanoti ndiro boka rekusekondera kwevhesi yebhosi yepamusorosoro yakafa mumusasa webhasi pachikomo, vamwe kuti vana vaduku vakafa mumugwagwa webhazi, uye ini ndakatoverenga imwe ichitaura apo yaiva muzukuru akafira mumugwagwa. Nhoroondo yevana vaduku ndeyandinoda. Vaya vanotaura nyaya iyi vanowedzera tsanangudzo huru, inoparadza: kana iwe ukasasa mwana pfumbu kana ugofu pane bundu rako, uchaona ruoko ruduku ruchinyora apo vana vanosimudzira motokari yako pamusoro pegomo. Mhando iyo yemashoko inongoita chero ruzivo rwemaguta ruve nani.

Ndakanga ndisati ndambonzwa mwana wechigunzva chepfu kusvikira vhiki rapera, saka handina kumboedza. Ndakagara ndichinzwa kuti yakanga iri inonakidza, inofungidzira. Musandirega ndiparadze zvinonakidza zvenyu, zvakadaro. Fukisa imwe pfupa yevana pane bundu rako uye uve nayo! Nguva inotevera pandinoenda kuna Helena, ndinogona kuzviedza ini ndoga.

Gravity Hill ichokwadi Sulfur Spring Road. Kubva AR 185, dzokera kuchamhembe kuSulfur Spring uye ramba uchienda kusvikira iwe uchizosvika kumugumo wemirairo pakatarisana neU.S. 49. Chiratidzo chekumira ndicho "pasi" chechikomo. Kana iwe ukakuisa motokari mune zvematongerwo enyika, iwe unonyatsokanda "kukwira" kune anenge mamita mazana maviri. Iwe unogona kuzviita zvakare kana uchida. Feasibly, iwe unogonawo kubvisa chimwe chinhu chaunoda kuenderera kuchikwira ... kana uri weird. Kana iwe ukatarisa Google Street View (iyi maonero ari kutarisa "kumusoro" mumugwagwa, kubva pachiratidzo chekumisa pa "pasi" chegomo), iwe unogona kuita svondo kuona nzvimbo isina kujairika yemiti.

Mapurisa haazokupikiti nekuputsa mutemo wekuvhenekera, asi iri mumugwagwa chaiye uye vachakukandira iwe nekuputsa mitemo yemigwagwa. Ndine chokwadi chekudzokera shure kumugwagwa wevanhu vakawanda unofanirwa kuputsa mutemo. Regai kundipa mhosva kana iwe ukawana tikiti yekuita zvinyengeri. Haisi mumugwagwa wakabatikana asi, saka shandisa zvakanakisisa kutonga kwako.

Kana iwe uri mune huuntings kana nhoroondo, unofanira kufanira kuHeritage Confederate Makuva zvakare. Vakawanda vanoti zvinotungamirirwa nevamwe vevarwi vakarasikirwa nehupenyu hwavo muHondo yeHelena musi waJuly 4, 1863. "Stonewall Jackson yekuWest" yakavigwa ipapo. It is located on Holly St in Helena.

Ndiri kushamiswa kuti hapana chirevo chokuti iyo maScotterate anokanda motokari yako kumusoro. Ndiri kukwanisa kutanga imwe.