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Wildwood Park for the Arts Welcome to Wildwood Park for the Arts, the 105-acre park that includes gardens, a 625-seat theatre, and several different art outreach programs. This park strives to enrich the lives of Arkansans of all ages by creating a community through nature and arts. Within this park lives the Academy of Music…

  War Memorial Park War Memorial Park in the heart of Little Rock is a large multi-purpose outdoor recreational area that was designed as a tribute to the many beautiful natural Arkansas wonders. Here you will find many impressive public park features, from the fully operating 18-hole golf course and over-the-top children’s play area to…

Arkansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial Located on the southeast corner of the State Capitol grounds in Little Rock, stands the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial. This memorial wall is dedicated to Arkansans who served in the Vietnam War and is inscribed with 662 names of those men considered KIAs or MIAs from the state. The whole structure is a semi-circle…

Rock Town Distillery The very first legal distillery of any kind in Arkansas since Prohibition is located in downtown Little Rock, a booming new business by the name of Rock Town Distillery. Rock Town was founded in 2010 by Phil Brandon as an artisan craft distillery. Brandon uses grains from Arkansas to distill the award-winning…

Quapaw Quarter This historic district in the heart of greater Little Rock is an eclectic gathering of homes, cottages, and mansions ranging from Victorian, Craftsmen, Modern, Colonial Revival, and Queen Anne styles. Incorporated as a historic community in 1968, this district grew out of an effort to identify and protect the significant historical structures in…

‘Iolani Palace Before the United States acquired the Hawaiian Islands, the archipelago operated under its own monarchical rule from 1795 until 1893. Following a brutal series of chiefdom battles spanning 15 years, Kamehameha the Great gained power and fashioned himself the king of Hawaii. Effectively unifying the islands, Kamehameha introduced Hawaii to the world as…

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Bubbling below the surface of the island of Hawaii lies the majestic lake of magma belonging to the world’s largest subaerial volcano, Mauna Loa, and one of the world’s most active volcanoes, Kilauea. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was dedicated to showcasing, preserving, and conserving the land surrounding these amazing natural wonders…

Pinnacle Mountain Located just 12 miles west of the state capitol in Little Rock, Pinnacle Mountain State Park was set aside for public use in 1977 and includes 2,351 acres of diverse, beautiful, natural habitat that are just waiting for you to explore them! The cone-shaped mountain peak that serves as a dramatic national landform…

Little Rock National Cemetery The Little Rock National Cemetery is a 31.7-acre historic burial ground that has around 26,000 interments. The surrounding area of this cemetery is a previous Union encampment that was created in 1866 to serve as a union soldier burial ground. This land was credited as a National Cemetery in 1868, and…

Murry’s Dinner Playhouse In 1967 a small theater by the name of the Olde West Dinner Theatre came alive in downtown Little Rock. A 10-year successful run and new owner, Ike Murry, remodeled and renamed this company in 1977, and since then it has grown into a highly popular regional entertainment hotspot. Murry’s Dinner Playhouse…

Governor’s Mansion The Arkansas Governor’s Mansion opened in 1950 and has since then seen eleven of the forty-five governors live within its gorgeous, historical, and culturally relevant grounds. For over 60 years this mansion has been the focal point of the first family’s public events, its current residents being Governor Asa Hutchinson and First Lady Susan…