Boulder, Montana
Elkhorn Ghost Town
This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.
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Boulder, Montana
This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.
Helena, Montana
This cemetery is one of the last remaining traces of a drowned old Western town.
Virginia City, Montana
An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.
Lander, Wyoming
This canyon is named for a unique geologic formation where the river vanishes underground near the mouth of the canyon and reappears farther down.
Pinedale, Wyoming
This rural museum highlights Wyoming's era of trapping and fur trades, and hosts the annual Green River Rendezvous in July.
Jackson, Wyoming
One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.
West Yellowstone, Montana
The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."
Hill City, South Dakota
One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.
Warm Springs, Virginia
Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.
Dexter, Iowa
The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.
Deadwood, South Dakota
A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.
Meagher, Montana
Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.
Guernsey, Wyoming
Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.
The highest point in Montana is as rugged and singular as the state itself.
Park County, Montana
A rapidly disappearing glacier filled with extinct grasshoppers, perfectly preserved in the ice.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
San Antonio, Texas
One of the highest points in Bexar county offers birdseye views of San Antonio and a four-story stone tower.
San Antonio, Texas
The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.
Clinton, Tennessee
This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.
Chamonix, France
An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.
Chamonix, France
Trek up this glacier before it disappears.
Chamonix, France
Unable to build support structures on glaciers, the engineers for this tramway were forced to design a unique system.
Pierre-Châtel, France
According to a local legend, this peculiar mountaintop rock formation is actually a demon that was turned into stone.