One Fun Fact You've Never Learned About Each of the 50 States
Forget about state flowers and birds. Find out which state invented basketball, where the first skydiver jumped from, and other obscure state facts.
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Forget about state flowers and birds. Find out which state invented basketball, where the first skydiver jumped from, and other obscure state facts.
MURFREESBORO, Ark. -- Fans of Crater of Diamonds State Park can wear a remarkable piece of the park's half-century history.
" " Bobbie Oskarson holds the 8.52-carat diamond she found at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas in 2015. It was later dubbed the Esperanza Diamond. Matt Jonas/Digital First Media/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images If you're short on cash after the past few months, there's a place in the United States where you can mine for minerals. Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas is a 37-acre (15-hectare) park, located around two and a half hours southwest of Little Rock, that allows visitors to search for their own diamonds. And if you find one, you get to keep it!