Today's Wild West

A visit to Rimrock Dude Ranch in Cody, WY; learning cowboy photography in Mackay, ID and making peace pipes at Pipestone National Monument.

At the Lone Pine Film Festival where Westerns have been shot for 100 years, a visit with Rifleman star Johnny Crawford and a tour of America's Best Movie Museum.

Living the dream on a cattle drive, through picturesque Nevada, with the Reno Rodeo Cattle Drive; plus ride the Cattle Drive Wagon Train; and Western singer-songwriter Dave Stamey.

Ride the Arizona desert with the Desert Caballeros Trail Ride; Custom Cowboy hat maker Jimmy the Hat Man; plus, Wickenburg's Flying E Dude Ranch.

Take a ride on a century-old Ghost Train in Ely, NV; Meet the builders of authentic stagecoaches at South Dakota's Hansen Wheel & Wagon; The Minnesota bank where Jesse James met his match; South Dakota Rawhide Braider Whit Olson; and the historic mining town of Mark Twain fame Virginia City, Nevada.

Ride the 1877 trail of the Nez Perce Indians flight to freedom and meet their descendants on the Chief Joseph Trail Ride in Montana; plus, Montana's Mystical Deer Medicine Rocks, of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and Custer.

The real-deal cowboy life at McGarry Ranches in Rexburg, Idaho; Custom boot maker Seth Teichert; and recreating the rifles of the Old West at the Shiloh Sharps Rifle Company in Big Timber, Montana.

Learning to ride horses and a lot more at the White Stallion Dude Ranch in Tucson, AZ; Plus, acclaimed Western painter and sculptor Loren Entz.

Fast rides and cattle drives at Montana's Bonanza Creek Ranch; The West's Hearst Castle, The Bair Family Museum in Martinsdale, MT; Crossing the Missouri on Montana's River Ferries; The homestead cabin B&B in Virgelle, MT; plus, the Bozeman artist who make buckles from barb wire.

A wilderness horseback adventure to visit the wild mustangs of California's Eastern Sierra; Celebrating all things mule at Mule Days in Bishop, CA; The music of Western sage rocker Brenn Hill; and The Dean of Western Artists Olaf Weighorst.

Meet the family working cattle and welcoming guests since 1863 at California's Rankin Ranch; The Cowboy Lawyers Association; Behind the scenes with the horses at the Pasadena Rose Parade; and the Native artists of the American Indian Arts Marketplace in Los Angeles.

A Montana dude ranch with a mission of healing Deep Canyon Ranch; The art of the custom hat at Law Dog Hats in Billings, Montana; the Native American woman harnessing the power of Montana Sweet Grass; California's Monterey Cowboy Music Festival; and Montana artist, boot maker, horse trainer, and true Woman of the West Tammy Pate.