Hot Springs, AR - Bathhouse Row

Hot Springs is a unique city in many respects, one being that it's the only city that has a National Park within its limits - the park actually forms the core of the downtown. Furthermore, it is the oldest National Park, having been authorized by Congress in 1832. And at the core of these distinctions is the fact that the downtown is built on hot springs that have been in continuous use since before Spanish explorers stumbled upon them in 1541. Most of the eight lovely bathhouses on historic Bathhouse Row were built in the 1920's, in some cases replacing less lovely structures.