Fall is the perfect time to take a drive through Arkansas – The Natural State. The Ozark Mountains are ablaze with color.

The color in the trees has peaked and while many of the leaves have started falling, the color sure is spectacular. As this edition hits, we probably will have raked our yards at least once, even twice. While we wait for the next barrage of leaves – how about a drive into the White Mountains in Arkansas? You will never know what you will find. Stop and visit a rock shop or if you prefer an antique shop. There are lots of ma and pa restaurants with good food and fair prices.

ozark mountain arkansas

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Fort Smith, Arkansas is an exciting vacation destination “Where the New South Meets the Old West.” Our citizens are passionate about both our past and our future. We’re anxious to show our pride about how this frontier border town helped shape westward expansion. Many of our ancestors did some hard living in Fort Smith and left their mark, making the city a living memorial to both the rough and tumble and more genteel sides of the areas frontier heritage. Classic Western movies such as “Hang’Em High” with Clint Eastwood and “True Grit” with John Wayne were inspired by Fort Smith’s colorful history.

Fort Smith Arkansas

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The U.S. is home to some fabulous big-city art museums, but – surprise – there’s also great art viewing in several smaller cities. Here’s where to go for the ultimate art tour:

1. New York City’s renowned Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the world’s largest art museums, houses an astonishing 2 million pieces. Save energy for the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum.

2. Treat yourself to a peek at the new “Art of the Americas” wing at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Across the street, lush artworks adorn the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, an Italianate palazzo.

3. Art lovers converge on the Santa Fe Indian Market. The city’s 200 galleries are a major attraction, as are the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture and Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.

Metropolitan museum of art New York City

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