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Little Rock Attractions
Aerospace Education Center
3301 East Roosevelt Road, Little Rock, AR 72206, Located at the Little Rock National Airport, 501-371-4232 or 501-376-IMAX, This museum offers a rare treat, a Sopwith Camel F-1 aircraft on display! A full size replica of an Apollo command module is also on display. A 250-seat IMAX theater is on-site.
Gator Park
11411 West Baseline Road, Little Rock, AR 72209, 501-455-3750, Open year round, Gator Park is the perfect place for the family to go for some good ole' fashioned fun. Go-karts, paintball, two 18-hole miniature golf courses, batting cages, bumper boats, and video games are all available here.
Villa Marre
(circa 1881) 1321 South Scott Street, Little Rock, AR 72216, 501-371-0075, This fine Victorian home served as the home of Sugarbakers Design Firm on the television show Designing Women.
Wonder Place, The
10301 North Rodney Parham, Suite E2, Little Rock, AR 72227, Breckenridge Village Shopping Center, 501-225-4050, The Wonder Place is a creative playspace for kids aged 8 and under. The facility is filled with unique and imaginative play stations such as a water table, sand table, art studio, River Market, drama stage with puppets and costumes, pretend vet clinic, infant/toddler area and more.
Arkansas Governor's Mansion
1800 Center Street, Little Rock, AR 72206, 501-376-6884, Home of Arkansas' Governors since 1950. Driving tour only.
Arkansas State Capitol
(circa 1899) Woodland and Capitol Avenue, 501-682-5080, The first Legislature meeting was held in this Neoclassical building in 1911.
Central High School National Historic Site
2125 Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive, Little Rock, AR 72202, 501-374-1957, The first true test of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka court decision played out here on September 23, 1957 when nine African-American students, the Little Rock Nine, integrated the school. It is on the American Institute of Architects' list of the most beautiful buildings.
Daisy Bates Home
1207 West Twenty-Eighth Street, Little Rock, AR 72202, A National Historic Landmark, this ranch-style house was the home of the owners of the Arkansas State Press, the only African-American newspaper in the state. During the civil rights movement, they gave refuge to the Little Rock Nine. Driving tour only.
MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History
(circa 1840s) 503 East Ninth Street, Little Rock, AR 72202, Located in MacArthur Park, 501-376-4602, Formerly Little Rock Arsenal, the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History is housed in the historic Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal, which was the birthplace of General Douglas MacArthur. The museum interprets Arkansas' military history from the territorial period to the present. Exhibits include the Arsenal's contribution to the Civil War during both Confederate and Union occupation.
Old State House Museum
300 West Markham, Little Rock, AR 72201, 501-324-9685, This is Arkansas' first state capitol and the oldest state capitol building standing west of the Mississippi. Several exhibits can be seen within.
Pike-Fletcher-Terry House
(circa 1840) 411 East Seventh Street, Little Rock, AR 72201, 501-372-4000, Home of the Arkansas Arts Center's Decorative Arts Museum, in 1862 this was the home of Confederate general Albert Pike, who led a brigade of Cherokee troops at the Battle of Pea Ridge.
Quapaw Quarter Historic District
1206 South Main Street, Little Rock, AR 72202, 501-371-0075, One of Little Rock's historic areas, it is filled with several antebellum and Victorian structures and includes such properties as McArthur Park, the Governor's Mansion, the U.S. Arsenal Building, and Villa Marre.
Taborian Hall
(circa 1916) Ninth and State Streets, Little Rock, AR 72201, Served as headquarters for the state chapter of the Knights and Daughters of Tabor, a national fraternity.
David O. Dodd Grave
1200 South Broadway, Little Rock, AR 72201, Located at Mount Holly Cemetery, This is the final resting place of 17-year-old Confederate spy David O. Dodd. Dodd was executed on January 8, 1864 at St. John's College by Union occupation forces after being arrested at the Ten Mile House.
Little Rock National Cemetery
2523 Confederate Boulevard, Little Rock, AR 72206, 501-324-6401, This is the final resting place of over 22,000 veterans from the Civil War to Desert Storm. The Minnesota Monument and the Little Rock Confederate Memorial are on-site.
Mount Holly Cemetery
Located at 12th Street and Broadway, Little Rock, AR 72201, What has been called The Westminster of Arkansas, this historic cemetery is the final resting place of many prominent Arkansas natives including David O. Dodd and five Confederate generals.
Old Mill
Lakeshore Drive and Fairway Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72116, Located in North Little Rock, 501-791-8537 or 501-758-1424, Seen in the opening credits of Gone with the Wind, this is a reproduction of an old-water-powered grist mill and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Vietnam Memorial
Located at the State Capitol, 501-682-5080, This memorial is dedicated to Arkansans who served in Vietnam. It is inscribed with the names of those who lost their lives.
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