The Navajo Shadehouse Museum is a small open-air Navajo Nation museum located off US 160 in Kayenta, Arizona. It is nestled between the Holiday Inn and Burger King. We happened to be at the Burger King checking out their Navajo Code Talkers Exhibit when we noticed the Shadehouse Museum next door. The museum features […]
The 1881 Courthouse Museum can be found in Custer, South Dakota. The building served as the County Courthouse from 1881 to 1974. Since then it has served as a museum preserving the history of Custer County. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 27, 1972. After paying admission a […]
Last year we visited the Dinosaur Museum in Rapid City, SD and had a fun time. You can check out my post on it here. The Dinosaur Museum happens to be next door to Reptile Gardens which we visited this year. While driving by we noticed the museum had an addition, The Black Hills Toy […]
I always do research for interesting things to do in all the towns we visit. Rapid City, SD has no shortage of great activities, but a comment I saw on Facebook had me heading to a pawn shop downtown that sounded quite peculiar. I’ve never been in a pawn shop before and Presidential Pawn […]
When we visited South Dakota last year one of the stops we planned was the The Museum @ Black Hills Institute mainly to see STAN the T-rex. Sadly, the facility was closed due to the pandemic. We are in South Dakota again and this time the museum was open so we got to visit. […]
Located in Pinedale, Wyoming the Museum of the Mountain Man opened in 1990. The museum offers a unique look at the history of the mountain men who explored and settled the surrounding region in the early 19th century. It also excels at preserving and interpreting the history of the Rocky Mountain fur trade that was […]
The Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum is another unique museum located in the city of Blanding, Utah. The Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site found on the property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Edge of Cedars Indian Ruin on August 12, 1971. The museum was opened in 1978. […]
We spent two weeks camping in Mule Canyon about 30 minutes from Blanding, Utah and had a great time. The amount of ruins to explore and hiking in the area is amazing. Though Blanding might be a small town it hosts a number of unique museums including The Dinosaur Museum. Your visit to the […]
The Frontier Museum is housed in an historic barn that was once used as storage for the L. H. Redd Mercantile. The barn was moved from its original site by the Monticello Foundation and restored to house the museum. Inside the museum the original post and beam construction of the barn is still visible. […]
If your looking for information on the Ozarks and more specifically the Buffalo River area this is the spot where you need to stop. The Hillary Jones Wildlife Museum is run by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Helpful staff are available to provide all the information you crave on the local wildlife and […]
