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Article: VENTURE BOUND Get a taste of beauty, art in Eureka Springs
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- Columbia Daily Tribune
- Article date:
- May 6, 2007
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EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. - "Eureka Springs is the place where misfits
fit" was a claim that amused me as I was looking at publicity about
this town that stresses its acceptance of diversity.
Claiming to be one of the top 25 art destinations in the United
States, it boasts that more than 250 artists working in all media are
scattered throughout the area. It also emphasizes its attractions to
improve visitors' health.
The drive to Eureka Springs through the hills of northwest
Arkansas kept me alert with its constant up, down, around and about
over its multiple curves. When Carla and I arrived here earlier this
year, we found a town built on a small mountain with narrow streets
that often have ...