Two of the United States' National Parks are located in Wyoming, including the first park and monument recognized by the federal government as national treasures. Yellowstone is the country's oldest National Park, and shares international visitors and federal funding with Teton, the state's second National Park. Wyoming also has the country's first National Forest, the Shoshone.

While you're in the neighborhood of the 1,200-foot Devils Tower, take a tour of the visitor's lodge, hike its 8 miles of trails, or get outfitted and climb this iconic volcanic rock formation that is also the nation's first National Monument. If you're afraid of idle hands, consider a nearby boating expedition on the Keyhole Reservoir, a round of golf at the Sundance course, or an overnight camp-out in the Black Hills National Forest.

If you're more than a little bit country, we invite you to line dance with your favorite cowboy or cowgirl, or don a 10-gallon hat at your first of many rodeos. You can even observe a Native American powwow or glimpse your first petroglyph, as well as enjoy local art galleries, community theatre, and museums for every persuasion.

Wyoming's culturally historic offerings span T-Rex bones to the histories of native peoples to mining towns to today's work ranches. If you're itching for souvenirs, pick up local jewelry, crafts, tanned leather, moccasins, kettle corn, Indian fry bread, and homemade pies at Wyoming's historic rendezvous events, the first of which took place in 1825 near today's town of Burntfork. Today, you can catch up with traders and craftspeople at yearly rendezvous, including July's annual event in Pinedale or Wyoming's second-largest rendezvous in Fort Bridger that boasts over 40,000 attendees annually.