It was the American Frontier, known also as the “Old West,” or the “Wild West” – a place that encompassed the folklore, geography and culture associated with the wave of American expansion in mainland ...

DOUGLAS — There’s only one building on the main street with a white wolf statue perched on the roof. It’s the same one with antlers protruding from the barn wood walls. The one where wooden figures ...

Most images of an Old West saloon are barroom brawls and gunfire, with scantily clad “soiled doves” hanging around. Not according to archeologist and historian Homer Thiel, who has extensively ...

Long before neon signs and mixology menus, Western saloons were the social engine of frontier towns. Miners, ranchers, and outlaws crowded shoulder-to-shoulder for cheap whiskey, dusty poker tables, ...

Admire old taxidermy and cowboy memorabilia while dining on elk at this museum-like Denver restaurant with a close connection ...

The Portland beer scene continues to grow, this time with the addition of brewery in West Bayside. Argenta Brewing, a tasting-room-style brewery specializing in lagers, will be taking over space at 82 ...

For the first time in a long time, visitors can sidle up to the bar, throw back a shot of whiskey, and maybe even watch a gunfight break out in Shaniko. Yes, Oregon’s most famous ghost town now has an ...

Tales of the lawless West have always been a hit with tourists. Plenty of the "Old West" towns across the U.S. are more than happy to embrace their history and help visitors travel back in time to the ...