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See. Alliance A small town in Western Nebraska, offering several attractions within a 90-minute drive.

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Lonely PlanetJul 10, 2026

Missing the Calgary Stampede this year? Here are the 12 best towns to experience cowboy core

Whatever your vision of the ideal cowboy core experience, channel your inner John Wayne or Annie Oakley in one of these frontier towns.

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  • The Cowboy StorePlaceBandera, United StatesWestern shop on Main Street.
  • Arkey Blue’s Silver DollarNightclubBandera, United StatesClaims to be the oldest continuously operated honky-tonk in Texas.
  • OSTRestaurantBandera, United StatesBYOB restaurant with a John Wayne Room.
  • Mayan RanchHotelBandera, United StatesWorking dude ranch with chuckwagon breakfasts and trail rides.
  • 11th Street Cowboy BarBarBandera, United StatesHosts legendary steak nights.
  • Million Dollar Cowboy BarPubJackson, United StatesLocal icon with saddle barstools and nightly live music.
  • Darwin RanchHotelJackson, United StatesMost remote guest ranch in the Lower 48.
  • Rusty Parrot Lodge & SpaMotelJackson, United StatesOffers Cowboy Concierge for private trail rides.
  • Brewery FolliesRestaurantVirginia City, United StatesCatch a cabaret show.
  • Fairweather InnHotelVirginia City, United StatesAllegedly haunted lodging.
  • Alder Gulch Shortline RailroadSightVirginia City, United StatesTravels to Nevada City, a living history museum.
  • Nevada CityNeighborhoodVirginia City, United StatesGhost town turned living history museum.
  • BannackParkDillon, United StatesOne of the country’s best-preserved ghost towns.
  • The Cedar RoomRestaurantNorth Platte, United StatesServes prime Nebraska beef.
  • North 40 ChophouseRestaurantNorth Platte, United StatesPolished ranch vibe with cocktails.
  • Saguaro TheaterSightWickenburg, United StatesScreening old Westerns since 1948.
  • Kay El BarHotelWickenburg, United StatesDude ranch with trail rides in century-old adobe buildings.
  • Bandera General StorePlaceBandera, United States
  • Heart SixHotelJackson, United States
  • Triangle XHotelJackson, United States
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Atlas ObscuraMay 5

What the Light Knows

The first time it happened, my father had been dead for one week. My mother and I were in the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, in April, trying to do something with ourselves. We were walking an overlook with long views across the ridgelines when something appeared in the air in front of us. Not in a photograph. Not on a screen. In the air. A shaft of colored light — blues and greens — moving as w…

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  • CarhengeSightAlliance, United StatesFull-scale Stonehenge replica made of 38 vintage cars.
  • StonehengeSightAmesbury, United Kingdom
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Atlas ObscuraApr 29

In the Middle of Somewhere

Where are you? Two friends texted, separately, within an hour of each other. Western Nebraska, I said. So you're in the middle of nowhere, both of them wrote back. I really paused. I had flown into Denver and taken a nine-seater plane to Alliance: a tiny plane, a tiny airport, a tiny place. And just before the texts came in, I had been looking at the Atlas Obscura map and counted eight other pl…

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Smithsonian MagazineFeb 2

Here Are 250 Places to Visit to Celebrate America's 250th Birthday. How Many Have You Been To?

Journey around the nation with this interactive map, divided by region or category, and discover American history in a way you’ve never seen before

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