Bull Shoals, AR

Bull Shoals sits wrapped in water on three sides, perched right between its massive namesake lake and the cold trout waters of the White River below the dam. The town began in the 1940s when a local developer famously sketched the street layout on a brown paper bag, and it has kept that laid-back, small-scale feel ever since. Life here revolves around boating, world-class fishing, and quiet Ozark scenery. If you want to get your bearings, take a drive along Highway 178 directly over the dam into Lakeview for an everyday view that never really gets old.