According to Maggie Smith (author of Hico, a Heritage), the story of Gypsy Camp begins with a fishing trip. Around 1921, two brothers from Tulsa, Oklahoma took a fishing trip on the Illinois River...
Ginger Beck has been exploring with Abandoned ARkansas since 2017. She has authored "Abandoned South Arkansas: Natural State, Natural Decay" and co-authored "Abandoned Arkansas: An Echo From the Past". She lives in a restored historic home in Downtown Little Rock and works to raise awareness on historical structures with local agencies.
According to Maggie Smith (author of Hico, a Heritage), the story of Gypsy Camp begins with a fishing trip. Around 1921, two brothers from Tulsa, Oklahoma took a fishing trip on the Illinois River...
About a mile outside of Crossett, an old gated logging road now stands on what was once a finely kept drive leading into the old Crossett Yale Camp. Located in the beautiful pines of South Arkansas...
In the southern corner of the state, bordering Mississippi and Louisiana, tiny community quietly sits, still surviving after years of struggle. Wilmot is one of the oldest settlements in eastern...
The old Brownwood Life Care Center closed its doors in 2016 for the new facility. The old building pictured is currently in excellent condition and for sale. Warning: The doors are locked and...
Rock Candy Mountain Resort was established in 1987 by a man named Mr. Nations and had been a booming business before, when Dogpatch USA was up and running. Dogpatch employees and touring performers...
So many tiny country churches have quietly existed while the hustle and bustle of the world moves on around them. On a lovely and mild winter day, I stepped through the open door of Pleasant Grove...
There is only one authentic ghost town in America that actually exists inside the city limits of a functioning town. That ghost town is Peppersauce, or East Calico, which is considered part of the...
The little community of Ross Van Ness never made huge headlines, but the school became a landing spot for some students after a national headline fueled by racial tension. Stories vary about what...
In Ashley County, there are many small communities, once hubs of activity, that are now gently sleeping. No school bells ring in Parkdale anymore; students go to Hamburg, or Lake Village, among...
Traveling through Ashley County on the way to Wilmot or Eudora, if you blink you’ll not only miss this house, but you’ll miss the entire community of Parkdale. However, despite the tiny...
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