There are few places in America where turn of the 20th century heritage is preserved and still alive today like Eureka Springs - entire downtown National Register of Historic Places. The largest collection of Victorian architecture and "gingerbread" homes in the central US is found.
After three major fires 1883,1888, and 1890 that destroyed the city, limestone was used
to rebuild the city. Andrew Carnegie, financed two municipal libraries. John Phillips Sousa had his first concert in the historic Auditorium, completed weeks after the stock market crash of 1929.
THORNCROWN CHAPEL
Nestled in a woodland setting, Throncrown Chapel rises forty-eight feet into the Ozark sky. 
This magnificent wooden structure contains 425 windows and over 6,000 square feet of glass. It has been called "one of the finest religious spaces of modern times". 
The chapel opened in 1980 . It was the dream of Jim Reed, a native of Pine Bluff, Ark. Jim met E.Fay Jones, a professor at the University of Arkansas, and a student of Frank Lloyd Wright who designed and built the chapel. 
Over 6 million people have visited the chapel since 1980.
We took a scenic route from Little Rock to Eureka Springs. The Ozark Highlands and Boston Mountains of northwestern Arkansas, the four principal divisions of the Ozark National Forest total more than a million acres. Elevations range from 420 feet to 2,753 feet. 
Shopping for crafts along the way......
The Presidential Center opened in November, 2004. It offices the Clinton Foundation, and the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. 
It is the third to comply with the Presidental Recovery Act of 1978; the 13th Presidential Library in the US; 11th opened by the National Archives. It is on 17 acres next to the Arkansas River. 
The main building cantilevesrs over the Arkansas River. His presidential promise "building a bridge to the 21st century " is echoed in his design. It is the larges in the US - 68,690 - built with private funds.
Clinton was the 42nd President of the US, serving two terms, 1993-2001.
He was the Governor of Arkansas 1979-1981 and 1983-1992. He left office in 2001 with the highest end of office approval rating of any US president since WWII. In 1992 he received 43% of the vote over Geo.H.W. Bush, and in 1996, 49% of the vote over Bob Dole.
ARKANSAS STATE CAPITAL
Construction of the current Arkansas State Capitol began in 1899. It was completed in 1922. The neo-classical capitol was designed after the US Supreme Court building. Batesville, Arkansas limestone formed the exterior walls. 
The Governor's Reception room.
The State Treasurer's Office - The vault. 11 - ton main vault door was hoisted through a hole in the west wall, using blocks, tackle and a steam winch. 
Little Rock Nine Monument. The "Little Rock Nine" walked through the doors of Little Rock central High School in 1957. Their act of courage opened doors symbolically all over segreated America.
CRYSTAL BRIDGES
I cannot give enough "high praise" for not only the incredible construction of this museum, but the well thought out American Art Collection. THANK YOU ALICE WALTON!!
Crystal Bridges opend in November,2011. Alice Walton ($26.3billion Walmart heiress), with her $500 million(2008 valuation) American art collection from the 1800's to present. 
Moshe Safdie designed the museum in a circular fashion that is over the small lake. There are beautiful garden paths on the way to the museum. The musuem has 217,000 square feet of galleries. It is the first museum opened in the US with over $200 million collection since 1974.
The American art collection has such luminaries as Charles Wilson Peale,George Bellows,Jasper Cropsel, Winslow Homer, Jasper Johns, Jackson Pollock, and Mary Cassatt. 
New Georgia O'Keeffe - "See What I See"
And of course an homage to the WALMART FAMILY !!
New hotel in Bentonville - we could walk to Crystal Bridges.....
New hotel in Bentonville - we could walk to Crystal Bridges.....Meeting old friends, and having fun in Bentonville...
