Indawo e-Quirky ne-Offbeat e-Arkansas

01 ngo-08

Isitayela se-Pope ku-Alma

Kuyinto isithombe esihle esiphundu, kodwa ngiyayithanda. Uma ungumfana omkhulu wePapa, ungase uphinde uhlole isipinashi singanisela umbhoshongo wokumemezela u-Alma umthamo wesipinashi sezwe. I-spinach can ingatholakala eNingizimu 71 eNorth kanye nomdlalo wezemidlalo ozidlayo uPapaye umlisa we-Sailor.

Isifanekiso sokuqala sikaPapae sakhiwe ngo-1987 ngaphandle kwephepha le-mache ne-fiberglass. Yayiphatha umhlalaphansi ngo-2007 futhi ishintshwe ngesithombe esikhulu sebhedu osibona edolobheni lase-Alma (Fayetteville Ave) namhlanje. Isithombe esisekuqaleni sisesitolo okuthiwa i-Kustom Kaps ngqo emgwaqweni.

Kungani wonke uPapa ayemthanda e-Alma? I-Alma yikhaya lika-Allen's Canning Company, esinesipiniki isipinashi. Ziyikhaya leMidlalo yeSipinishi njalo ngonyaka, ngokuvamile ngo-Ephreli.

02 ngo-08

Christ of the Ozarks - UKristu Omkhulu Kakhulu Ongabonwanga

03 ngo-08

I-Little Golden Gate Bridge

I-Little Golden Gate Bridge e-Beaver ithatha igama elithi "Little" ngokujulile. Kungamamitha angu-554 ubude futhi ububanzi buyizingalo ezingu-11. Ibhuloho yeBeverver iyona ibhuloho lokugcina elisele e-Arkansas. Vele uqaphele. Kuyinto ibhuloho elilodwa lendlela, ngakho kufanele ucabangele emotweni ezayo. Akudingeki ukuba ukhathazeke ngezimoto eziningi edolobheni laseBeverver elilele. Idolobha cishe lilingana nebhuloho.

Ibhuloho i-spooky enhle ngokwayo, ngisho ngaphandle kwezindaba zethrafikhi. Ibhuloho ngokwayo lenziwe ngamapulangwe enkuni, uhlobo olunjenge-hardwood flooring. Uma uhamba phezu kwebhuloho, ungakuzwa ukukhwabanisa nokweqa. Uyabuza, "Ingabe izobamba?" Kuphethwe kusukela ngo-1949, ngakho-ke kungenzeka ukuthi uphephile.

Ibhuloho iye yaba nezikhathi ezinzima, noma kunjalo. Kwabanjwa nzima kakhulu ngemvula ka-2008, kanti umnyango wesifundazwe usuphakamisile ukuwudiliza ukuze wenze indawo yebhuloho elisha nelesimanje. Kodwa-ke, izazi-mlando kanye nabakhamuzi bayashesha ukuphikisana futhi kwalungiswa lapho kubonakalisiwe. Akukona nje ukuthi uyaziqhaqhazela njengamanje, okungenzeka kube into enhle.

I-Little Golden Gate Bridge i-AR 187, egijima e-Ark. 23 kuya ku-US 62 phakathi kwe-Holiday Island neRogers futhi eduze kakhulu ne-Eureka Springs (imephu). Lena enye yezindawo ezibucayi kakhulu kuhulumeni. Yini enye ongayenza ku-Beaver? Bheka, hlola ikhasi elithi "Londoloza ikhasi elincane le-Golden Gate Bridge" ukuze ufunde kabanzi nge-Beaver Arkansas. Indawo empeleni idumile kakhulu ngebhayisikili ngenxa yezimoto ezibukeka kahle.

04 ngo-08

I-Mammoth Orange Care e-Redfield

I-Redfield ingaba ihora ukusuka ku-Little Rock, eya ku-Pine Bluff. Umama uyangitshela ukuthi amaMammoth Orange ayesetshenziselwa ukuba yi-a kumele ayeke endleleni eya ePine Bluff. Ungayidlula ngalezi zinsuku, kodwa kungani? Banekhanda elimnandi kakhulu, imenyu ehloniphekile futhi uzobe udla esiqetheni saseMelika.

Amammoth Orange Cafe yakhiwa ngo-1965 ngo-Earnestine Bradshaw. Yayifakwe njenge-orange enkulu ekulingiseni i-Orange Julius emelela yonke indawo eCalifornia kuma-50s no-60s. UNksz Bradshaw wayesebenze esimweni sokuphuza i-orange, futhi wayefuna ukubuyisela e-Arkansas. UNksz Bradshaw wadlula ngo-2007, kodwa i-Orange isaqhubeka inkumbulo yakhe. Ivulekile namhlanje futhi isebenza njengebhayisi lebisi kanye ne-cafe.

Ungafunda ukubuyekezwa okugcwele futhi uthole isixhumanisi kuzikhombisi-ndlela. Uma uqondisa ku-Pine Bluff noma uya ku-Redfield, qiniseka ukuthi ungene futhi ujabulele ama-Mammoth Orange.

05 ka-08

I-Merman of Hot Springs

Angazi wonke umlando we-merman, kodwa akekho omunye ngaphandle kwe-PT Barnum ngokwakhe owawuthanda umqondo. I-PT Barnum ubaba wezindawo ezikhangayo, futhi uthola kahle ekuhlukaniseni isiwula emalini yakhe. I-Barnum yeFiji mermaid yayiyi-torso nekhanda lezinyane lezinyane elibhekwe ngasemuva kwengxenye yezinhlanzi futhi limbozwe ephepheni. Isidalwa saboniswa emhlabeni wonke ngo-1842. UBarnum uthi utholakale endaweni ethile eFiji ngomunye wabasebenzi bakhe. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, kube khona ama-Fiji mermaids amaningi amanga ne-merman, futhi ngisho ne-Ripley's ingene esenzweni se-mermaid.

I-merman yethu ihlala e-Hot Springs iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-50. Uhlala endlini. Uma ehlala egcinwe esitolo sesipho, njengoba ngikhumbula, akasasekho. Uhlala egumbini elifanayo nezinye izilwane ze-taxidermy, kanti ubusika obambelele emagqumeni, ngakho ukumboniswa kwakhe kubumnyama futhi kufaneley. Ngicabanga uma ungena ku-cryptozoology, ungumuntu onjalo. Yini oyilindele ngo-$ 6.50? Ngicabanga ukuthi cishe ukuthi amakhasimende kaBarnum nawo athi.

Ulwazi olungaphezulu mayelana nepulazi le-alligator.

06 ka-08

Izindawo zokuhlala e-Arkansas

I-Booger Hollow yidolobha encane, elincanyana eliseScenic Byway 7 enyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Arkansas. Isibonakaliso sedolobhana simemezela "abantu abangu-7, babalwe inja eyodwa yezinhlamvu." Empeleni, ngicabanga ukuthi "i-Booger Hollow" yenzelwe ukuheha izivakashi. Indawo ebalazweni i-Dover, AR. Ukukhanga okuyinhloko okuvame ukuthenga isipho esincane se-quirky, i-Booger Hollow Trading Post, egcwele izinhlayiya ze-hillbilly nemikhiqizo yase-Arkansas. Indlu yangaphandle eshiwo ngenhla yayiyingxenye yokuthunyelwa kwezokuhweba, futhi ithola kancane kancane umgwaqo ukusuka kuyo.

I-"Post Post" isivele ivaliwe. Zathengiswa ngo-2004. Noma kunjalo, indlu yokungcebeleka i-Double-decker isesekhona, ngasekupheleni kwehlobo eledlule. Iyaziwa ngokuthi "ama-maw" nethi "ama-paw" futhi "izakhiwo eziphezulu zivaliwe" sithola isibhamu. " Cheesy, kodwa isithombe se-op uma usendleleni.

Leli gumbi lokungcebeleka, kodwa ufuna ukubona ukuthi impela indlu yangaphandle ye-Arkansas yayifani? Ngiyazi ukuthi uyakwenza! Sonke senza, akunjalo? Kulungile? Indawo epholile ukubona indlela ama-Arkans abahlala ngayo yiGrant County Museum eSheridan. Ungabona ukuthi indlu yagcinwa kanjani ekuqaleni kwe-Arkansas, kufaka phakathi izindawo. Ungase futhi uhlole ukuvakasha kwezwe lokungenisa indlu, okufaka indlu yokugcina e-Mena, e-Ouachita National Forest.

Uyazi isikhathi sami esithandayo sokubona indlu yokugcina indlu? Uma inemikhakha , eyenzeka minyaka yonke eMount View Beanfest . Ubani owazi ubhontshisi owanikeza izindawo zokugijima ezigijima nazo? Njalo ngenyanga ka-Okthoba eNtabeni ye-Mountain View, abaphikisi bafaka izindlu zangasese zabo ngamasondo kanye nemigodi phansi kweJefferson Street. Kuyinto enhle kakhulu. Imiklamo inegama elihle namhlobiso. Ngenye yalezo zenzakalo ezinkulu, ezimnandi okumele ubone okungenani kanye. Lo nyaka, i-Beanfest ngu-Okthoba 28-30. Banoba nomcimbi wokugijima wezingane zangasese futhi. Ukwaziswa okwengeziwe nezithombe.

07 ngo-08

I-Norman, i-AR Library

Kunamadolobhana amancane e-Arkansas, kodwa ayikho imilayara encane kunaleyo esendaweni yaseNorman yedolobha. I-Norman Library iyingqayizivele yekamelo lokulala elincane: izinyawo ezingu-177 ezinyawo. Kuyinto / kwakungumtapo wolwazi okhululekile futhi usebenza ngokugcwele iminyaka eminingi. Kukhona izimangalo ukuthi yilabhulali emincane kunazo zonke e-US, kodwa iwebhusayithi ye-Norman ithi kunezincwadi ezincane eCalifornia.

Iwebhusayithi kaNorman ibhala umlando welabhulali. Ngicabanga ukuthi kuyathakazelisa kakhulu ukuthi ukuma kwedolobhana kubangelwa umbono wesifazane oyedwa, ikakhulukazi kuma-30s-40s lapho abesifazane bengatholi ukukhuluma okuningi. Umtapo wakhiwa ngo-1939 yi-WPA. Ngaphandle kobukhulu balo, kuphawulwe ngomsebenzi wedwala (njengamaphrojekthi amaningi we-WPA) kanye nophahla lwe-tile yaseSpain.

Ilabhulali ivaliwe ukulungiswa okwesikhashana, kodwa usengayibona futhi idolobha lendawo yedolobha. Uzobona umbono we-Arkansas odlule.

08 ngo-08

Helena noGrivity Hill

Lona kuphela indawo yase-Arkansas engiyazi lapho imoto yakho ingaba khona khona intaba. Kubonakala sengathi ihluleka ukucabanga nokugubha amandla, kodwa empeleni kuyi-illusion illusion. Kunezintaba eziningana ezinjengalezi, futhi into eyodwa abafana nayo yonke indawo iyindawo efihliwe. Lapho ubuso bufihliwe, ubuchopho bethu abukwazi ukusebenza kalula. EGrivity Hill e-Helena, izihlahla zine-angled oddly futhi, ezifaka ekukhohlisweni. Okuningi mayelana nomphumela.

Iqiniso elibangelwa umphumela liyamangalisa, kodwa ngenkathi ngenza ucwaningo lwalokhu okuthunyelwe kwebhulogi, ngathola izintshumayelo eziningi ezithakazelisayo mayelana nokuthi kungani uqhubekela phezulu. Kusobala ukuthi, intaba idonswa. Ubani ohanjiswa ngu? Kwazi bani. Abanye bathi iqembu labadlali bebhola lesikoleni samabanga aphezulu abashone ngesikhathi behlaselwa ibhasi ekhondleni, abanye bathi bangabantwana abashone ngesikhathi behlaselwa ibhasi, futhi ngifunde ngisho nenye indlela ekhuluma ngayo lapho kwakuwumkhulu owafa emgwaqweni. Inganekwane yezingane ezincane iyintandokazi yami. Labo abatshela le ndaba bangezela imininingwane enhle, ekhukhumezayo: uma ufafaza ingane powder noma ufulawa ku-bumper yakho, uzobona okushicilelwe ngesandla lapho izingane zifaka khona imoto yakho. Lezo zindaba zenza nje noma yikuphi umlando wezindawo zasemadolobheni okungcono.

Ngangingakaze ngizwe inganekwane ye-powder kuze kube ngesonto eledlule, ngakho-ke angikaze ngizame. Ngihlale ngilizwa ukuthi kwakuyinto ejabulisayo, inkohliso. Ungangivumeli ngiphangaze ukuzijabulisa kwakho, noma kunjalo. Fafaza enye ingane powder ku-bumper yakho futhi ube khona! Ngesikhathi esilandelayo ngiya ku-Helena, ngingase ngizame ngokwami.

I-Gravity Hill empeleni i-Sulfur Spring Road. Ukusuka ku-AR 185, vula enyakatho kuSulfur Spring bese uqhubeka uze ufike uphawu lokuma emgwaqeni nge-US 49. Isignali sokuma "ngaphansi" kwentaba. Uma ukubeka imoto ngokungathathi hlangothi, ngempela ugoqa "ukukhuphuka" cishe ngamamitha angaba ngu-200. Ungayenza njalo uma ufuna. Ngama-feasibly, ungase uqhube noma yini enye ofuna ukuyikhuphuka ekukhuphukeni ... uma ungumuntu onqabile. Uma ubheka i-Google Street View (lo mbono ubheka "phezulu" emgwaqweni, kusukela esitokisini sokuma "ngaphansi" kwentaba), ungaba nombono wokubona i-angle engavamile yezihlahla.

Amaphoyisa angeke akukathethele ngokuphula umthetho wokuvuthwa komzimba, kodwa yindlela emgwaqo yangempela futhi bayokukhipha ithikithi ngokuphula imithetho yomgwaqo. Ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi ngibuyela emuva emgwaqweni womphakathi njengokuphula umthetho. Ungangibeki icala uma uthola ithikithi lokwenza u-silly. Akuwona umgwaqo omatasa kakhulu, ngakho-ke sebenzisa isinqumo sakho esihle kakhulu.

Uma ungena emanzini noma emlandweni, kufanele uvakashele i-Helena Confederate Emangcwabeni futhi. Abaningi bathi kuhlaselwa ngamanye amasosha alahlekelwa ukuphila kwawo e-Battle of Helena ngoJulayi 4, 1863. "I-Stonewall Jackson yaseNtshonalanga" ingcwatshwa khona. Itholakala kuHolly St e-Helena.

Ngimangalisa ukuthi akukho mlando wokuthi amasosha aseCompederate axosha imoto yakho phezulu. Ngiyaqala ukuqala eyodwa.