Wyoming
Dedicated to one of the most distinctive wildlife species in the American West, this visitor center is a fascinating and informative introduction to the…
Must-see attractions in Wyoming
Wyoming
Devoted to the myths and legends that surround the pioneer white fur trappers who came to these parts in the 1820s, this engaging Pinedale museum is an…
Yellowstone National Park
The first of the North Rim viewpoints leads down a steep 0.75-mile trail, descending 600ft for exciting close-up views of the tumbling white water as the…
Grand Teton National Park
The best vistas in the area. William Jackson took a famous photograph from this point in 1878, when preparing a single image could take a full hour, using…
Yellowstone National Park
The multicolored springs and fountains along a pleasant 1-mile loop hike southwest of Norris are interesting, but it's the ill-mannered belching and…
Wyoming
Inside pretty Holliday Park you'll find the world's largest steam engine – old number 4004, now retired. The locomotive made its name pulling 3600-ton…
Yellowstone National Park
The one-way North Rim Dr leads to Grandview Point, which offers views north over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone's colorful smoking walls, though not…
Grand Teton National Park
Good panoramas of the Tetons and opportunities for wildlife watching, though forest growth means the photo ops don't match Ansel Adams' immortal shots of…
Yellowstone National Park
This geyser basin, 1 mile northwest of Old Faithful, has a few interesting features. The eponymous black sand is derived from weathered volcanic glass …
Yellowstone National Park
Mammoth was known as Fort Yellowstone from 1886 to 1918, when the US Army managed the park from this collection of buildings. Elk regularly graze the…
Yellowstone National Park
Two miles north of Black Sand Basin, Biscuit Basin is named for biscuit-like deposits that surrounded stunning Sapphire Pool, but these were destroyed…
Yellowstone National Park
This overlook 1.5 miles south of Tower-Roosevelt Junction offers vertiginous views of a section of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone known as the…
Yellowstone National Park
Mammoth's recently revamped visitor center explores the park’s early history and formation – including the role the army played in protecting Yellowstone…
Museum of the National Park Ranger
Yellowstone National Park
The historic log Norris Soldier Station (1908), one of only three stations left from the era of the park's army control, now houses this small museum,…
Yellowstone National Park
These rapids are named after topographer Paul LeHardy, whose raft overturned here, spilling guns, provisions and bedding but sparing his life. Rock uplift…
Yellowstone National Park
The displays of stuffed birds and wildlife inside this small center are less interesting than the historic 1931 building itself: built as an information…
Wyoming
For a primer on Wyoming's wildlife, this Casper College museum is excellent. There are stuffed animals at every turn, mostly from Wyoming, but also from…
Yellowstone Art and Photography Center
Yellowstone National Park
This historic building was constructed in 1927 as one of the original Haynes photo shops. The Haynes family operated 13 photo shops in Yellowstone and…
Wyoming
Wyoming's first history museum has been continually updated and overhauled to share the living history of Lander, Fremont County and the state as a whole…
Grand Teton National Park
Ranchers Pierce and Margaret Cunningham, early major supporters of Grand Teton National Park, cultivated a cattle ranch here in 1890. The abandoned…
Wyoming
This bite-sized museum serves up a good preview of Wyoming and will help you get your bearings. It takes a generalist approach to the state, ranging…
Log Chapel of the Sacred Heart
Grand Teton National Park
This log-cabin-style chapel, built in the 1930s and renovated in 2002, features rustic stylings and two beautiful stained-glass windows. It's open to…
Wyoming
North of the town center, these botanic gardens are a lovely escape from urban Cheyenne, with manicured gardens, a stately plant-filled conservatory, a…
Wyoming
This small community museum has exhibits across the genres of math, science, art, music and reading for kids to get their hands-on. It will appeal more to…
Yellowstone National Park
If you're in Mammoth on a Sunday morning, pop into this lovely English-style church (1913), where the stained-glass windows depict Old Faithful and…
Grand Teton National Park
Offers views of a freshwater marsh that's home to birds, moose, elk and beavers, as well as views of Mt Moran, Bivouac Peak, Rolling Thunder Mountain,…
Wyoming
An important reminder that women were as much pioneers of the west as were men, this volunteer-run space has a small theaterette and some fascinating…
Yellowstone National Park
This tiny museum was the park's first, opening in 1930. Displays focus on the underground plumbing that makes Yellowstone's thermal features so unique.
Yellowstone National Park
Just beyond the Fountain Flat Dr parking lot is this pool, which empties into the river. Just south of the bridge is the trail to Sentinel Meadows.
Grand Teton National Park
Built in 1924, this chapel has aspen pews and views of the Tetons through the altar window. In summer, Episcopal services are held on Sundays.
Grand Teton National Park
This scenic overlook is a good spot to spy osprey, eagles and moose.
Yellowstone National Park
Just before Inspiration Point is this huge granite boulder scooped up from the Beartooth Mountains, 15 miles away, by a glacier and deposited here 80,000…
Grand Teton National Park
This 1916 dam has scenic lake views and paved wheelchair-accessible trails at its southern edge.
Yellowstone National Park
There has been a bridge at Fishing Bridge since 1902, but it closed to fishing in 1973 to protect spawning cutthroat trout – to the benefit of resident…
Yellowstone National Park
This former ranger station, dating from 1925, serves as a summer bookstore and winter warming hut. Rangers lead an hour-long boardwalk stroll from here…
Grand Teton National Park
Seen from this popular rafting put-in, the jagged Tetons, reflected in the meandering river, rank as some of the park's most sublime scenery. Access the…
