The Best Places to Visit in Arkansas
The Best Places to Visit in Arkansas
It's not in vain that Arkansas is nicknamed the Natural State. Every corner of the map seems to be part of a state park, national park, or national forest, Arkansas even has the nation's first-ever national river. There’s a lot, in fact, you may not know about the Natural State, including many extraordinary experiences, you can dig for diamonds, float down a wild river, and retrace the footsteps of civil rights pioneers. Experience Arkansas’s extraordinary natural diversity by sampling some of its 52 state parks and seven national parks.Bentonville’s world-class Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art seamlessly blends the natural splendor of the Ozark hills! Arkansas is filled to the brim with excellent places to float, fish, paddle, and play. The state boasts more than 600,000 acres of lakes, 9,700 miles of streams, and 300 miles of the Arkansas River. Oh, there is so much to see and to do, savor the state’s natural splendor on a leisurely trip with our video!
#1.Eureka Springs
#2.Hot Springs
#3.The Crater of Diamonds
#4.Mountain Home
#5.Magnolia Falls
#6.Buffalo National River
#7.Blanchard Springs Caverns
#8.The Big Dam Bridge
#9.Mount Magazine State Park
#10.Lake Ouachita State Park
THE WORLD'S MOST HAUNTED PLACE! | Waverly Hills Sanatorium Paranormal Tour
(Louisville, Kentucky) Producing my first documentary at THE Waverly Hills Sanatorium!.....Don't miss what we're up to next, HIT SUBSCRIBE to keep up! Aerial Views and Ghost Hunting at Waverly Hills Sanatorium, known by many as One of The MOST HAUNTED PLACES ON EARTH. Waverly is known world wide to be FULL of History & Paranormal Activity...
The Waverly Hills Sanatorium is a closed sanatorium located in southwestern Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky. It opened in 1910 as a two-story hospital to accommodate 40 to 50 tuberculosis patients. In the early 1900s, Jefferson County was ravaged by an outbreak of tuberculosis (the White Plague) which prompted the construction of a new hospital. The hospital closed in 1961, due to the antibiotic drug streptomycin that lowered the need for such a hospital.
Waverly Hills has been popularized on the television show Ghost Hunters as being one of the most haunted hospitals in the eastern United States. The sanatorium was featured on ABC/FOX Family Channel's Scariest Places On Earth, VH1's Celebrity Paranormal Project, Syfy's Ghost Hunters, Zone Reality's Creepy, the British show Most Haunted, Paranormal Challenge and Ghost Adventures on Travel Channel. Also popularizing Waverly Hills was the film Spooked: The Ghosts of Waverly Hills Sanatorium, released in 2006, which purports to document paranormal sightings at the site
Plans have been developed to convert the sanatorium into a hotel and conference center.
HISTORY:
The land that is today known as Waverly Hill was purchased by Major Thomas H. Hays in 1883 as the Hays' family home. Since the new home was far away from any existing schools, Mr. Hays decided to open a local school for his daughters to attend. He started a one-room schoolhouse on Pages Lane and hired Lizzie Lee Harris as the teacher. Due to Miss Harris' fondness for Walter Scott's Waverley novels, she named the schoolhouse Waverly School. Major Hays liked the peaceful-sounding name, so he named his property Waverley Hill. The Board of Tuberculosis Hospital kept the name when they bought the land and opened the sanatorium. It is not known exactly when the spelling changed to exclude the second e and became Waverly Hills. However the spelling fluctuated between both spellings many times over the years.
EXPLORATION:
One of the legends told of Waverly Hills involves a man in a white coat who has been seen walking in the kitchen and the smell of cooking food that sometimes wafts through the room. During their initial visit, they found the kitchen was a disaster, a ruin of broken windows, fallen plaster, broken tables and chairs and puddles of water and debris that resulted from a leaking roof. The cafeteria had not fared much better. It was also in ruins and the team quickly retreated. Before they could do so though, several of them reported the sounds of footsteps, a door swinging shut and the smell of fresh baked bread in the air. A quick search revealed that no one else was in the building and there was certainly no one cooking anything in the kitchen. They could come up with no logical explanation for what had occurred.
Ghost researchers are always drawn to the fifth floor of the former hospital. The fifth floor consisted of two nurses’ stations, a pantry, a linen room, medicine room and two medium-sized rooms on both sides of the two nurses’ stations. One of these, Room 502, is the subject of many rumors and legends and just about every curiosity-seeker that had broken into Waverly Hills over the years wanted to see it. This is where, according to the stories, people have jumped to their deaths, have seen shapes moving in the windows and have heard disembodied voices that order trespassers to “get out”.
There is a lot of speculation as to what went on in this part of the hospital but what is believed is that mentally insane tuberculosis patients were housed on the fifth floor. This kept them far away from the rest of the patients in the hospital but still in an area where they could benefit from the fresh air and sunshine. This floor is actually centered in the middle of the hospital and the two wards, extending out from the nurses’ station, is glassed in on all sides and opens out onto a patio-type roof. The patients were isolated on either side of the nurses’ stations and they had to go to a half door at each station to get their food and medicine and to use the restroom, which was located adjacent to the station.
#waverlyhills #haunted #ghosts
Biking Across the United States- Day 19
Day 1- San Diego, CA to Tecate, BC.
Day 2- Tecate, BC to Ocotillo, CA.
Day 3- Ocotillo, CA to Mexicali, BC.
Day 4-Mexicali, BC to Yuma, AZ.
Day 5- Yuma, AZ to Tacna, AZ.
Day 6- Tacna, AZ to Gila Bend, AZ.
Day 7- Gila Bend, AZ to Maricopa, AZ.
Day 8- Maricopa, AZ to Phoenix, AZ. NO VIDEO.
Day 9- Day off in Phoenix, AZ.
Day 10- Phoenix, AZ to Globe, AZ.
Day 11- Globe, AZ to Safford, AZ.
Day 12- Safford, AZ to Lordsburg, NM.
Day 13- Lordsburg, NM to Deming, NM.
Day 14- Deming, NM to Las Cruces, NM.
Day 15- Las Cruces, NM to El Paso, TX.
Day 16-Day off in El Paso, TX. NO VIDEO.
Day 17- El Paso, TX to Fort Hancock, TX.
Day 18- Fort Hancock, TX to Van Horn, TX.
Day 19-Van Horn, TX to Balmorhea, TX
Day 20- Balmorhea, TX to Fort Stockton, TX.
Day 21- Fort Stockton, TX to Rankin, TX.
Day 22- Rankin, TX to Big Lake, TX.
Day 23- Big Lake, TX to San Angelo, TX. NO VIDEO.
Day 24- San Angelo, TX to Brady, TX.
Day 25- Brady, TX to Austin, TX.
Day 26- Day off in Austin, TX. NO VIDEO.
Day 27- Day off in Austin, TX.
Day 28- Austin, TX to Giddings, TX.
Day 29- Giddings, TX to Waller, TX.
Day 30- Waller, TX to Huffman, TX.
Day 31- Huffman, TX to Beaumont, TX.
Day 32- Beaumont, TX to Lake Charles, LA.
Day 33- Lake Charles, LA to Lafayette, LA.
Day 34- Lafayette, LA to Morgan City, LA.
Day 35-Morgan City, LA to New Orleans, LA. NO VIDEO.
Day 36- Day off in New Orleans, LA.
Day 37- Day off in New Orleans, LA. NO VIDEO.
Day 38- New Orleans, LA to Gulfport, MS.
Day 39- Gulfport, MS to Mobile, AL.
Day 40- Mobile, AL to Monroeville, AL.
Day 41- Monroeville, AL to Selma, AL.
Day 42- Selma, AL to Birmingham, AL. NO VIDEO.
Day 43- Day off in Birmingham, AL.
Day 44- Birmingham, AL to Anniston, AL.
Day 45- Anniston, AL to Dallas, GA. NO VIDEO.
Day 46- Dallas, GA to Atlanta, GA. NO VIDEO.
Day 47- Day off in Atlanta, GA. NO VIDEO.
Day 48- Day off in Atlanta, GA. NO VIDEO.
Day 49- Day off in Atlanta, GA.
Day 50- Atlanta, GA to Athens, GA.
Day 51- Athens, GA to Greenville, SC.
Day 52- Greenville, SC to Belmont, NC.
Day 53- Belmont, NC to Asheboro, NC. NO VIDEO.
Day 54- Asheboro, NC to Louisburg, NC.
Day 55- Louisburg, NC to Franklin, VA.
Day 56- Franklin, VA to Virginia Beach, VA.
Day 57- Day off in Virginia Beach, VA. NO VIDEO.
Day 58- Day off in Virginia Beach, VA.
Day 59- Virginia Beach, VA to Norfolk, VA. NO VIDEO.
Day 60- Norfolk, VA to Richmond, VA.
Day 61- Richmond, VA to Fredericksburg, VA. NO VIDEO.
Day 62- Fredericksburg, VA to Washington, DC. NO VIDEO.
Day 63- Day off in Washington, DC. NO VIDEO.
Day 64- Washington, DC to Baltimore, MD. NO VIDEO.
Day 65- Baltimore, MD to Newark, DE.
Day 66- Newark, DE to Philadelphia, PA. NO VIDEO.
Day 67- Day off in Philadelphia, PA. NO VIDEO.
Day 68- Philadelphia, PA to New York, NY. NO VIDEO.
Candlewood Suites McAlester, Oklahoma
Hotel and Resort photography & video by PhotoWeb (photowebusa.com)
Welcome to McAlester, a thriving community located off Hwy 69 in the heart of southeastern Oklahoma. Here, travelers find the perfect balance between small town charm and big city bustle. Whether you're visiting for the night or you're planning an extended stay, cozy accommodations and a warm welcome await at the Candlewood Suites® Hotel McAlester, Oklahoma.
Nearby corporate destinations, including Boeing, Choctaw Manufacturing, Spirit Aero Systems and Pepsi, make these apartment-style suites a great choice for professionals seeking hotels in McAlester, OK. The hotel's location is also close to McAlester Regional Airport (MLC) and the Southeast Expo Center. With on-site resources like a Business Center and free wired and wireless HSIA, as well, guests have all they need for a productive stay.
McAlester has much to offer vacationers. Choctaw Casino is less than four miles away. The pristine waters of Lake Eufaula are minutes away. The area hosts many family events, including the annual Italian and Bluegrass Festivals. Nearby Krebs' Little Italy offers a real treat for the hotel's guests.
In McAlester, OK the hotel's patrons enjoy all the comforts of home, including free laundry facilities, a DVD library and an outdoor gazebo with grills. You can work out any time in the 24-hour Fitness Center, and the Candlewood Cupboard offers affordable meals. Begin planning your stay today!
*****************************************************************
Hotel and Resort still photography, video and YouTube videos by PhotoWeb (photowebusa.com). PhotoWeb's Virtual Tours, videos, YouTube videos, Digital Stills & Worldwide Distribution allow clients to put their most powerful media where the booking decisions are made. Photo Web has been providing cutting edge imaging services since 1996. With offices in the US, UK, Australia, Japan, India, and Colombia, PhotoWeb provides services worldwide. For further information, please contact sales@photowebusa.com or telephone: +1-614-882-3499.
Video © 2011, Photoweb Pure Digital Photography Inc.