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, ...

Before Prohibition dried up the taps and made everyone grouchy, saloons were the social heartbeat of towns big and small. These vintage photos capture the rustic charm of these smoky, booze-filled ...

This Abandoned Gold-mining Town Is One of the Best Ghost Towns in the West—and It Has a Creepy Old Hotel and Saloon Key ...