Wyoming
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Spiked Skull of Harvey Morgan
Lander, Wyoming
Harvey's head became museum-worthy after someone pounded a wagon spike through it. Also see the noose of the only man legally hanged in Fremont County.
Sights for Oddball Excursions
Ames Brothers Pyramid
Buford, Wyoming
The Ames Brothers, fatcat 19th century industrialists, are now as forgotten as the towering pyramid that was built in their honor.
Cody Dug Up Gun Museum
Cody, Wyoming
Unexpected wealth of 19th and 20th century history in a collection of corroded and broken firearms, recovered from where they fell (and their owners may have followed).
Old Trail Town
Cody, Wyoming
Tourist attraction created from collection of frontier-era buildings, historical graves and gunfighter memorials. 2-headed calf!
Devils Tower
Devils Tower, Wyoming
Singular monolith of rock, America's first National Monument, a sacred place as well as a famous 1970s sci-fi film location.
Ride the Jackalope
Dubois, Wyoming
Classic photo-op atop a stuffed six-foot-high jackrabbit with antlers and a saddle.
Shoes Made from Big Nose George
Rawlins, Wyoming
Lynched killer hand-me-downs still delight school children.
Smith Mansion - Towering Log House
Wapiti, Wyoming
Lee Smith labored over 22 years to build his five-story log structure in Wapiti Valley, then fell to his death from it in 1992. Vacant; family conducts summer tours.
Former World's Largest Jackalope
Douglas, Wyoming
The Jackalope is the Official Mythological Creature of Wyoming.
Giant Buffalo Skull Doorway
Dubois, Wyoming
Walk through the nasal passage of a giant dead buffalo to enter the building. Fun, Wyoming style.
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Offbeat Landmarks and Oddities
Choice field reports and tips. Or check out: Complete list of Wyoming attractions.
- Afton: World's Largest Elkhorn Arch [tips]
- Alcova: Mormon Handcart Visitors' Center
- Buford: Ames Brothers Pyramid
- Buford: Tree in the Rock
- Buford: Smallest Town?: Population 1 (or 0) [tips]
- Casper: Every Roadside Gimmick: Sanford's Grub and Pub [tips]
- Casper: Life-Size T Rex Lit From Within [tips]
- Cheyenne: Home of the Peacekeepers
- Cheyenne: Emperor the Penguin [tips]
- Cheyenne: Giant Coffee Pot [tips]
- Cheyenne: Big Indian Faces Big Mountain Man [tips]
- Clearmont: Tiny Jail in Town Park [tips]
- Cody: Daily Street Gunfights [tips]
- Cody: Sleep in a Wagon, See Animal Tricks [tips]
- Cody: Cody Dug Up Gun Museum
- Cody: Statue and Grave of Liver-Eating Johnson
- Cody: Giant Parade Rifle
- Cody: Old Trail Town
- Devils Tower: Devils Tower
- Devils Tower: Close Encounters at Devils Tower [tips]
- Devils Tower: Prairie Dog Village [tips]
- Douglas: Former World's Largest Jackalope
- Douglas: World's Largest Jackalope [tips]
- Douglas: Jackalope Hilltop Silhouette [tips]
- Dubois: Ride the Jackalope
- Dubois: Giant Buffalo Skull Doorway
- Dubois: Giant Fishing Pole and Trout
- Dubois: Black Bear Statue
- Dubois: Tie Hack Monument
- Dubois: National Museum of Military Vehicles
- Encampment: Two-Story Outhouse [tips]
- Evanston: Porter's Liquor And Fireworks [tips]
- Fort Bridger: Jim Bridger, Mountain Man
- Fort Washakie: Grave and Statue of Sacajawea [tips]
- Fort Washakie: Grave and Statue of Chief Washakie
- Granite: Dome on the Range [tips]
- Green River: Greater Green River Intergalactic Space Port
- Greybull: Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting
- Guernsey: Register Cliff [tips]
- Hulett: Rogues Gallery and Old West Museum [tips]
- Jackson: Antler Arches of Jackson
- Kemmerer: JC Penney Museum and Mother Store [tips]
- Kemmerer: J.C. Penney Statue
- Lander: Killed Here by Indians
- Lander: Spiked Skull of Harvey Morgan
- Laramie: Breakin' Through [tips]
- Laramie: Giant Head of Abraham Lincoln
- Laramie: Big Brown T. Rex Made of Copper [tips]
- Laramie: Big Twig Head [tips]
- Laramie: Matthew Shepard Memorial Bench [tips]
- Laramie: Wyoming Territorial Prison [tips]
- Laramie: Statue of First Woman to Vote
- Little America: Emperor the Penguin
- Lost Springs: Smallest Bicentennial Town Monument [tips]
- Lusk: Mother Featherlegs - Prostitute Monument
- Medicine Bow: Building Built of Dinosaur Bones
- Moorcroft: Twin Calves Joined At Hip [tips]
- Newcastle: World's Only Hand-Dug Producing Oil Well [tips]
- Pine Bluffs: Big Statue of the Virgin Mary [tips]
- Pine Bluffs: Tee Pee House [tips]
- Pinedale: Museum of the Mountain Man [tips]
- Powder River: Hell's Half Acre
- Rawlins: Wyoming Frontier Prison Museum
- Rawlins: Shoes Made from Big Nose George
- Rawlins: Edison Mural At The Keg Saloon
- Rawlins: 1920 Restored Texaco Station [tips]
- Riverton: Wax Jim Bridger: Wind River Heritage Center
- Saratoga: Hobo Pool [tips]
- Sheridan: Fetterman Massacre Monument [tips]
- Sheridan: Swimming Pool Shark [tips]
- Sundance: Statue of the Sundance Kid [tips]
- Thermopolis: Safari Club Lounge
- Thermopolis: World's Largest Hot Springs [tips]
- Upton: Two-Headed Calf [tips]
- Upton: Tin Man Cowboy [tips]
- Vore: Big Pit of Buffalo Bones
- Wapiti: Smith Mansion - Towering Log House
- Wapiti: Lonely Big Boy Statue
- Willwood: Ruins: Japanese Internment Camp [tips]
- Wilson: Mama Mimi: Giant Troll
- Yellowstone National Park: World's Largest Active Geyser [tips]
- Yellowstone National Park: Old Faithful
- Yellowstone National Park: Museum of the National Park Ranger
