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Top 10 True Western Towns of the Year

by True West Editors and Stuart Rosebrook | Dec 7, 2023

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...

Into the Heart of the West

by TW Editors | Oct 29, 2023

Make your plans, pack your bags and head out for a Western adventure of a lifetime! Whether you live in rural North Dakota or urban Texas, an annual...

Following Fremont

by Candy Moulton | May 5, 2023

The Pathfinder’s 1843 expedition across the West is still a grand route for adventurous travelers. John C. Fremont, known as The...

The Roads Less Traveled

by Stuart Rosebrook | Oct 28, 2021

Adventures await along the West’s byways and highways to history. As the first rays of the morning sun greet us just over the horizon as we...

Virginia City, Montana

by Peter Corbett | Jul 15, 2021

This city struck it rich with a well-preserved ghost town. The Cartwrights and Bonanza made Virginia City, Nevada, famous. But the other...

Medora, North Dakota

by Peter Corbett | Jun 11, 2021

Theodore Roosevelt’s Western home is where legends were made—and still celebrated. It’s hard to imagine a Western town with a more unusual backstory...

Wide Open Spaces and Western Wonderlands

by Stuart Rosebrook | May 7, 2021

The summer of 2021 is a great time to travel across these Old West highways. The West is a grand place to travel, and its many highways and...

Wichita, Kansas

by Leo W. Banks | May 6, 2021

The once wild and woolly cowtown still celebrates its Old West heritage. The arrival of the railroad in 1872 transformed this trading post...

Open for Business

by Stuart Rosebrook | Apr 7, 2021

Across the West, historic hotels, guest ranches, lodges, restaurants and saloons eagerly await patrons. On a recent trip from Arizona to Washington,...