When I parked in downtown Hot Springs to visit the Fordyce Bathhouse, I put enough change in the meter to give me 30 minutes. I figured that would be plenty of time to tour the park’s visitor center inside the old Fordyce Bath House. Fortunately, I didn’t get a ticket, because I ended up spending nearly an hour inside. The Fordyce is much more than just a typical national park visitor center. It’s a complete re-creation of what the opulent Fordyce Bathhouse would have looked like during its years in operation, from 1915 to 1962. There’s no admission to the […]