Durango, Colorado
Strater Hotel
A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.
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Durango, Colorado
A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.
Denio, Nevada
Mine your own precious stones.
Chloride, Arizona
All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.
Escalante, Utah
Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
Virginia City, Nevada
Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.
Idaho City, Idaho
A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.
Kaycee, Wyoming
The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.
Goldfield, Nevada
Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.
White Pine County, Nevada
These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.
Ocotillo, California
This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".
Ochopee, Florida
The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.
Chokoloskee, Florida
A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.
Lindsborg, Kansas
This mid-19th-century dugout was once home to a Swedish family as they erected their homestead.
St. Petersburg, Florida
This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.
Tilden, Texas
"They died with their boots on."
Llano, Texas
This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.
Waco, Texas
Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.
Toomsuba, Mississippi
This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.
Arroyo Seco, New Mexico
A waterfall and cave near Arroyo Seco that inspired the writings of D. H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Mabel Dodge Luhan.
Cimarron, New Mexico
A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.
Monrovia, California
This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.
Williams, Arizona
Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.