Travel + Leisure

This Is the Only U.S. State Park That Legs You Dig for Diamonds—and a Traveler Just Found a 2.3-carat Dazzler

Crater of Diamonds State Park has produced more than 75,000 diamonds—this find is one of 2025’s biggest so far. Katie Nadworny is an Istanbul-based writer who specializes in stories at the ...
CBS News

Family unearths nearly 3-carat brown diamond at Arkansas state park

Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. Cara began her career on the crime beat at Newsday. She has written for Marie Claire, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. She reports on ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

At Crater of Diamonds State Park, visitors are welcome to look for beautiful minerals — including precious ones

At Crater of Diamonds State Park, travelers from around the world arrive with shovels, wagons and the hope of striking gold -- or better yet, diamonds. Tucked away in Murfreesboro, this 37.5-acre park ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Cookson, Okla. family finds large brown diamond at Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park

MURFREESBORO -- A family from Cookson, Okla., visited Crater of Diamonds State Park and unearthed a brown diamond weighing nearly three carats on Sept. 13, according to a news release from Arkansas ...