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Borrego Springs, California
Pegleg Smith Monument
A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.
Apache Junction, Arizona
The Superstition Mountain Museum
This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.
Merom Golan, Golan
Habokrim Restaurant
Saddle up to Israel's only cowboy-themed bar for a hearty (and kosher) steak.
Lemmon, South Dakota
Hugh Glass Monument
This monument remembers one of the manliest men of the frontier who fought a grizzly before dragging himself 200 miles to safety.
John Day, Oregon
Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum
This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.
Keystone, South Dakota
Black Elk Peak
The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."
Kenton, Oklahoma
Black Mesa
The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.
Pioneertown, California
Pioneertown
A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.
Colma, California
Wyatt Earp's Grave
The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.
Salt Lake City, Utah
This Is The Place Monument
A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.
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The True Grit Behind Old West Symbolism
Telluride, Colorado
Mahr Building
This otherwise unremarkable ski town building marks the site of Butch Cassidy's first robbery.
Guernsey, Wyoming
Register Cliff
Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.
Garretson, South Dakota
Devil's Gulch
The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.
Idaho City, Idaho
Idaho City
A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.
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An Invitation to a Hanging
Toomsuba, Mississippi
Simmons-Wright Company Store
This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.
Bishop, California
Laws Railroad Museum
The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.
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