Road Trip Gems

First stop on the road trip this weekend was the Wegner Crystal Mine in northern Arkansas. Packed the rock hunting gear, the sunscreen, and a half ton of water, and caught the bus out to the Phantom Mine. Totally worth the time and fee; we came back with four five-gallon buckets of rock, including aContinue reading “Road Trip Gems”

Electric Strawberry

This wasn’t the first place we visited in Hot Springs, but definitely the first that comes to mind to share. It’s just an amazing place. It’s a book store, coffee shop, holistic and spiritual wellness center, and clearly the meeting place for a number of communities. But that’s just the business. The heart and soulContinue reading “Electric Strawberry”

Pulaski County Silver Mines

The hills of western Louisiana, near Fort Jesup, are said to hold the legend of buried gold coins from a military payroll stash. Despite extensive searches by treasure hunters relying on local maps and lore, the treasure remains undiscovered, leaving the tale shrouded in mystery and intrigue. Fort Jesup is additionally rumored to be haunted.