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Wild West

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

The Goodnight Barn

Pueblo, Colorado

The Goodnight Barn

This historic stone barn is the former home of legendary cattleman Charles “Lonesome Dove” Goodnight.

Meet the Jackson Town Council of 1920-23, aka the "petticoat rulers": (from left) Mae Deloney, Rose Crabtree, Mayor Grace Miller, Faustina Haight, Genevieve Van Vleck.

Remembering When Women Ruled a Wild West Town

In 1920 the "bad-man rendezvous" of Jackson, Wyoming, elected an all-female government. Will it be another hundred years till that happens again?

Amelia Mularz June 5, 2020

Exterior of the cabin.

History Tour: Legends of the Wild West

14 places to relive those horrible glory days.

Jonathan Carey May 12, 2020

Buffalo Bill Statue

Glasgow, Scotland

Buffalo Bill Statue

This monument dedicated to the legendary American showman can be found in Scotland's largest city.

Brothel

Pendleton, Oregon

The Cozy Rooms

A statue of the owner stands outside of this museum, once the most popular brothel in town.

Silver City Cemetery Landmark.

Silver City Cemetery

These headstones and a few stone foundations are all that remain of a once-booming mining town.

The historic bar has been a meeting point for area cowhands and sheepherders for nearly a century.

For Sale: The Only Bar in a 14-Person Montana Town

You could own the busiest watering hole for miles.

Luke Fater December 5, 2019