October’s Cowboy Gathering rounds up poets, pickers and train lovers. Durango is an active four-season town. Each year starts with winter...
Durango, Colorado
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Travel & Preservation
On the Trail to Bloody Newton
Adventure awaits the traveler on great cattle drive routes from Texas to Kansas. Among Kansas cattle towns, 1871 is probably best remembered for...
Northfield, Minnesota
The James-Younger gang met its match in a frontier bank. At the centennial of the nation’s founding, Northfield, Minnesota, was a bucolic river town...
From the Basin to the Plains
Discover Wyoming on a road trip to Cody, Casper and Cheyenne. Scotsman Peter McCulloch ramrodded a crew that trailed 3,800 head of...
Jerome, Arizona
When you dig deep into Jerome’s history you find so many layers—so many stories of boom and bust, of bordellos, opium dens, gambling and...
Rawhide!
Gettin’ along little dogies up the Western Trail is still a fun road trip today. By the 1880s, time was catching up with the Western Trail—the...
Top 10 True Western Towns of the Year
Time to Motor West Enjoy welcoming Western hospitality when you stay and explore the region’s best towns. Whether you grew up in a small town...
Best of the West: Heritage Travel
The Call of the West People from around the world are drawn to the Western United States. Whether as passengers on a Santa Fe Super...
Best of the West: Western Preservation
Love Them All Pick my favorite column of 2023? No way. I am supposed to write about my favorite Old West Savior of 2023. The problem is, I don’t...
Grapevine, Texas
An historic Lone Star State town shines amid big-city lights. Any traveler who’s changed planes at Dallas-Fort Worth International...
Following Billy the Kid
Tracking the legend across Arizona and New Mexico is still an adventure. It’s easy to start a travel story when you know where your subject was...
Tombstone, Arizona
The legendary town celebrates its classic Western movie. It’s high noon on a Friday in Tombstone. Tourists in shorts and sandals are...