Blog | Hot Springs National Park Arkansas

In this episode of Check It Out, we visit beautiful Garvan Woodland Gardens! The gardens offer 210 acres of trees, flowers, plants, water features and more bordering 4 1/2 miles of Lake Hamilton shoreline. Stop by the breathtaking glass Anthony Chapel, the four-story Bob & Sunny Evans Treehouse...

We’re doing things a little bit different on FeastMode! this month. We’re taking a tour of the brand new Crystal Ridge Distillery in downtown Hot Springs! Crystal Ridge is best known for making moonshine, but they also have a tasting lounge, old-fashioned games for the kids, an event space and t...

Check It Out! We're visiting The Gangster Museum of America in historic Downtown Hot Springs! Discover over 100 years of history when Hot Springs was a hotbed of gambling & became a favorite hangout of some of the most notorious gangsters. Learn why it's considered the 'Birthplace of Spring Trai...

Exploring Garvan Woodland Gardens: On the Hunt for the First Bloom An outing to Garvan Woodland Gardens, the 210-acre botanical garden in Hot Springs, Arkansas, helps our family mark the transition into spring each year. We coordinate our visit with the annual Daffodil Days & Tulip Extravagan...

In this episode of FeastMode! we visit Osaka Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar, located on Central Avenue in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Osaka offers guests a traditional Japanese menu, hand-rolled sushi and flaming hot hibachi. We sat down with "Osaka" Amy to learn all about the delicious Japanese cui...

Hot Springs is known for having some of the most fun and quirkiest events around! We have just about every event you could imagine - a bath tub race, one very short parade, a comic & pop culture convention, the Arkansas Derby - the list goes on and on. We've narrowed down the top 10 events in ...

Hot Springs National Park will be celebrating our 100th anniversary as a national park throughout 2021. Whenever you plan on visiting, there will be something for you to enjoy and be a part of! After all, a 100th birthday only comes around every 100 years, so we have to make the most of it while w...

Welcome to the very first episode of our newest video series, "Check It Out!" where we will visit a new attraction each month in Hot Springs, Arkansas! Our first stop is at Mid-America Science Museum. This huge interactive science museum is a must-see when visiting Hot Springs with attraction like t...

by Alexandra Nicole of City Chic Living One of our favorite things in the world is to stroll down Bathhouse Row, drink draft made out of the natural local spring water, explore the woodlands of Garvan Gardens, our visits to Hot Springs are truly magical. We love to step back into time at the Gang...

This quaint European cafe serves up authentic crêpes made by hand with the freshest ingredients every day! A crêpe is a type of very thin pancake and is typically served sweet or savory. On this edition of FeastMode!, we stop to meet Sergey & Yana Polyakov, the owners of Alexa’s Creperie a m...