West — open filings

Open to visit in Wyoming

54 dossiers in Wyoming carry the open to the public filing — the legend is on record and the door, per the last source, is open. Access is a filing, not a guarantee: hours, tickets and seasonality live with the venue. Everything else in the archive stays documented but admired from the legal distance.

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Devils Tower

Hulett, Wyoming

The bear’s lodge—the sacred monolith and the climbers.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Irma Hotel

Cody hotel with guest-reported ghost stories.

3 claims · 1 legend→

South Pass City

South Pass City, Wyoming

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Kirwin

Meeteetse, Wyoming

The 1905 silver camp—where the avalanche took the town.

2 claims · 2 legends→

High confidence

Wyoming Frontier Prison

Rawlins, Wyoming

Former penitentiary interpreting incarceration and executions.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Miner’s Delight

Atlantic City, Wyoming

The 1867 gold camp—where the cabin in the gulch stands.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Dubois

Dubois, Wyoming

The tie-hack town—where the badlands meet the mountains.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Jenny Lake

The lake—where the Tetons drop into the water.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Menor’s Ferry

The 1899 ferry—where the river was crossed.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Chapel of the Transfiguration

The 1925 chapel—where the Tetons fill the window.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Bar BC Dude Ranch

The 1912 dude ranch—where the Rockefellers played cowboy.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Gebo

The coal town—where the company houses stand empty.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Boysen

Shoshoni, Wyoming

The 1952 dam—where the river meets the reservoir.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Lost Cabin

Lysite, Wyoming

The 1900 oil camp—where the gusher killed the town.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Shoshoni

Shoshoni, Wyoming

The railroad town—where the Yellowstone Highway begins.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Riverton

Riverton, Wyoming

The 1906 town—where the irrigation made the desert bloom.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Lander

Lander, Wyoming

The 1884 town—where the first ascent of the Wind River began.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Brooks Lake

Dubois, Wyoming

The lake—where the outlaw’s cabin stands.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Jackson Lake

The lake—where the dam raised the water.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Colter Bay

The bay—where the Jackson Lake cabins stand.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Oxbow Bend

The bend—where the Snake River slows for the bear.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Cunningham Cabin

The 1888 cabin—where the ranchers’ valley stayed.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Lamar Valley

Tower Junction, Wyoming

The valley—where the wolves watch the bison.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Hayden Valley

Canyon, Wyoming

The valley—where the grizzlies dig the roots.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Fishing Bridge

The bridge—where the cutthroat spawn.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Sinks Canyon

Lander, Wyoming

The river that disappears—where the Popo Agie sinks into the rock.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Laramie

Fort Laramie, Wyoming

The fort where the treaties were signed—the trail’s heart.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Heart Mountain

Powell, Wyoming

The camp between the mountain and the sage—14,000 interned.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Bighorn Medicine Wheel

Lovell, Wyoming

The wheel on the mountain—where the stars were read.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Cody

Buffalo Bill’s town—where the show never ended.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Jackson Hole

Jackson, Wyoming

The valley—where the trappers held their rendezvous.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Sunlight Basin

The basin—where the gold and the grizzlies stay.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Pryor Mountains

Lovell, Wyoming

The mountains—where the Little People are said to live.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Paint Rock

Hyattville, Wyoming

The rock art—where the pictographs stay on the cliff.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Owl Creek Mountains

Thermopolis, Wyoming

The range—where the owl-worshipping tribe camped.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Anchor Dam

Owl Creek, Wyoming

The dam that doesn’t hold water—the karst swallow it.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Union Pass

Dubois, Wyoming

The 1869 pass—where the Continental Divide was crossed.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Togwotee Pass

The 1911 pass—where the road finally came through.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Signal Mountain

The mountain—where the signal fires burned.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Yellowstone

Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming

The 1891 fort—where the Army ran the park.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Norris Geyser Basin

Yellowstone, Wyoming

The hottest basin—where Steamboat blows 300 feet.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Yellowstone Canyon

Canyon, Wyoming

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone—where the falls drop 308 feet.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Occidental Hotel

Buffalo, Wyoming

1880s frontier hotel that hosted Butch Cassidy and Teddy Roosevelt.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Atlantic City

Atlantic City, Wyoming

The other Atlantic City—the South Pass gold camp.

Casper

Casper, Wyoming

The oil town—where the Sandbar and the dead are remembered.

Thermopolis

Thermopolis, Wyoming

The world’s largest mineral hot spring—the terraces.

Kirby / Hell’s Half Acre

The badlands where the outlaws hid—and the scarp that starred in Starship Troopers.

Incarceration Site

High confidence

Heart Mountain Relocation Center

Powell, Wyoming

Former Japanese American incarceration site between Powell and Cody.

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Record last amended October 2, 2026