Eureka
Springs is a funky little town. It began with a doctor’s discovery of the
medicinal springs, drawing people to the area who built the town around the
side of a mountain. Throughout town you’ll find old buildings and remnants of
buildings along secluded roads and trails, an underground city from when the
current town was built on top of the old and lots of caves and springs.
And
then there’s Humpty Dumpty.
He
sits on a wall — intact — in the middle of downtown Eureka Springs. Apparently
he hasn’t fallen yet — or we've been lied to! Visitors looking for the fairy tale need to know where to spot him or they will
easily walk by and never see him perched above. Humpty makes his home next to
the Basin Spring Park, where Spring and Main streets intersect. Just pass by and look up.
The
town is also home to the world’s largest tuned wind chime, a 36-foot-tall
creation hanging from a 100-year-old oak tree that’s listed on the Guinness
Book of Records. It’s located in front of Celestial Windz Harmonic Bizaar at
381 Highway 23 South. Listen here to the NPR story, which includes audio of the
chimes.
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