The Gem Hunt
America decides what makes the map.
Every state has a spot the algorithms miss — the one locals send strangers to. Name it. Vote on the finalists. The winners get built into Roamward, the scenic road-trip app that proves you actually went. No download required to play.
Nominate
What does Arkansas do better than anywhere?
One hidden gem — a place a chatbot would never know. The most-named spots become finalists, and the crowd votes the winner into Roamward.
Vote
Arkansas gems, most-loved first
- 1Thorncrown ChapelA breathtaking glass-and-wood chapel hidden in the Ozark woods just west of Eureka Springs, free to visit, where 425 windows dissolve the walls into the surrounding forest.
- 2Crater of Diamonds State ParkThe only public diamond mine in the world, near Murfreesboro, where you dig a plowed volcanic field and keep whatever gems you find — thousands are pulled out every year.
- 3Blanchard Springs CavernsA still-living cave system in the Ozark National Forest near Mountain View, where water still drips and grows new formations on lantern-lit and standard guided tours.
- 4Devil's Den State ParkA rugged CCC-built park in the Lee Creek valley near Fayetteville with sandstone crevices, small caves, and waterfalls after rain — classic, uncrowded Ozark hiking.
- 5Mount Magazine State ParkArkansas's highest point near Paris, with cliffside lodge views over the Petit Jean River Valley and trails popular with hang gliders and rock climbers.
- 6Pivot RockAn impossible-looking boulder in Eureka Springs that balances like an upside-down pyramid on a tiny base, set in a small private park with trails and a natural bridge in the Ozark hills.
- 7Calico RockA White River town with a preserved early-1900s ghost town right inside its city limits — weathered storefronts and abandoned buildings you can wander past, paired with the scenic Sylamore drive.
- 8Lost Valley TrailA short, jaw-dropping hike near Ponca that follows a creek past bluffs to a waterfall and the cave-like Cob Cave, deep in the Buffalo River country, with seasonal elk often grazing nearby.
- 9Pig Trail Scenic BywayA twisting stretch of Highway 23 through the Ozark National Forest, beloved by motorcyclists for its tight curves and a tunnel of trees that blazes in fall — the drive itself is the destination.
- 10Tiny TownA decades-old indoor miniature village in Hot Springs, hand-built with tiny working trains and mechanical scenes that have charmed road-trippers for generations, just off Bathhouse Row.
Not your state’s turn yet?
Want Roamward to map Arkansas next?
Add your vote — the loudest state gets mapped first.
How it works
Nominate
Drop the most underrated spot in your state — the gem an itinerary generator would never surface.
The crowd ranks it
Name a place someone already nominated and it rises. The most-loved gems become the state’s finalists.
Vote the winner in
Finalists go to a public vote. Winners get built into Roamward — credited to the people who found them.
Go verify it
Drive it, GPS-verify the stop, earn the badge, and share the map that proves you were first.
Don’t miss the winners
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