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Rock Springs, Wyoming

Rock Springs Historical Museum

A local museum remembers one of the worst acts of anti-Chinese violence in American history.
A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art
Trinidad, Colorado

A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art

This museum and former department store is home to the largest collection of A.R. Mitchell art in the world.
Caldwell, Kansas

'Ghost Riders of the Chisholm Trail'

A series of silhouettes that recall the great cattle drives of the 19th-century.
Campbell County Rockpile Museum
Gillette, Wyoming

Campbell County Rockpile Museum

The rockpile was the founding landmark for the town of Gillette, and is now the home of the region's history.
Nevada

Pritchard's Station

A remarkably well-preserved stage stop from the late 19th century in a remote part of Nevada.
How do historians piece together long-lost stories of those who would be considered part of the LGBTQIA+ community?
victorian

5 Overlooked LGBTQ Stories to Celebrate Pride Month

How do you learn—and save—a history that was often too dangerous to write down?
April White June 16, 2023
Travelers along Highway 50 will be excited to stumble across Eureka after a long journey across the state.
victorian

The Friendliest Town on the Loneliest Road

Eureka, Nevada is a must-see pitstop along the magnificent wide open road of Route 50, where travelers can immerse themselves in a bygone era and explore secret underground tunnels.
For artist John Enh's family, many of the statues that make up Old Trapper's Lodge, like these two women sitting on the campus of Pierce College, are tributes to lost loved ones.
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What Should Happen to this California Folk-Art Landmark?

The artist's descendants see a family legacy. The college where the statues are displayed sees harmful stereotypes.
Tanya Ward Goodman January 5, 2023
Globe, Arizona

The 1910 Gila County Sheriff's Office and Jail

A historic jail preserves etchings from over a century of incarcerated people in a town with a rough and tumble past.
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8 Ghost Towns to Visit for Food and Spirits

Eat, drink, and be scary.
Sam Lin-Sommer October 13, 2022
Silver Lake, Oregon

Cowboy Dinner Tree

Eat like a "buckaroo" at this remote restaurant.
Nikko, Japan

Abandoned Western Village

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.
Wickenburg, Arizona

Henry Wickenburg Pioneer Cemetery

This tucked-away cemetery is the final resting place of a prospector who uncovered one of the largest gold mines in Arizona.
Glenrowan, Australia

Ned Kelly Animatronic Museum

A totally unique, animatronic depiction of the Australian gunslinger's last stand.
Fort Sumner, New Mexico

Grave of Billy the Kid

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.
Cimarron, New Mexico

St. James Hotel

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.
The Höglund Dugout
Lindsborg, Kansas

The Höglund Dugout

This mid-19th-century dugout was once home to a Swedish family as they erected their homestead.
Bob Ford temporary gravesite
Creede, Colorado

The Gravesite of Robert Ford

The temporary burial site of the man who shot and killed Jesse James.