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Wyoming Oddities

Unusual destinations, curious landmarks, and worthwhile detours across Wyoming.

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Natural Oddities

Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite

Shell, Wyoming

More than 1,000 Jurassic dinosaur tracks are preserved across a tilted slab of Wyoming limestone where scientists once expected an ancient sea instead of walking dinosaurs.

Giant Objects

World’s Largest Elk Antler Arch

Afton, Wyoming

More than 3,000 naturally shed elk antlers form a 75-foot arch spanning all four lanes of Afton's main street.

Roadside Attractions

Jackalope Square

Douglas, Wyoming

Douglas turned a taxidermy gag involving a jackrabbit and deer antlers into a town identity complete with giant statues, hunting licenses, and Jackalope Square.

Historic Oddities

Ames Monument

Buford, Wyoming

A sixty-foot granite pyramid stands almost alone on the Wyoming prairie because the railroad it was built beside eventually moved away.

Natural Oddities

Periodic Spring

Afton, Wyoming

A cold mountain spring repeatedly surges from a limestone opening, slows or stops, then starts again in a natural cycle that can repeat within minutes.

Curious Landmarks

Monument to a Prostitute

Lusk, Wyoming

A lonely prairie monument honors Mother Featherlegs, a frontier madam whose ruffled underwear inspired her nickname.

Natural Oddities

Tree in the Rock

Buford, Wyoming

A limber pine grows directly from a crack in a granite boulder between the lanes of Interstate 80, where travelers have been stopping to stare for…

Natural Oddities

Boar’s Tusk

Rock Springs, Wyoming

A 400-foot volcanic core shaped like a broken fang rises alone from the nearly flat Red Desert.

Natural Oddities

The Sinks and Rise

Lander, Wyoming

A Wyoming river vanishes underground, takes hours to travel a quarter mile, and returns with more water than entered.

Historic Oddities

The Hole-in-the-Wall

Kaycee, Wyoming

A narrow gap in Wyoming’s Red Wall concealed a remote outlaw community used by Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch.

Strange Museums

Wyoming Dinosaur Center

Thermopolis, Wyoming

A small Wyoming town displays a 106-foot Supersaurus and lets visitors work at active dinosaur dig sites.

Curious Landmarks

Smith Mansion

Wapiti, Wyoming

A five-story log tower of balconies, stairs, platforms, and rooms grew by hand on a Wyoming hillside until its builder died after falling from the structure.