For the last 20 years, the Hideout Lodge & Guest Ranch has been quietly famous in Shell, Wyoming. So quiet, that even people who live in the area and drive by it every day don’t necessarily realize that there’s an international tourism magnet nestled behind the trees , which shelter this ranch from casual view.

That was the case for real estate broker Neil Bangs, who told Cowboy State Daily he’d been driving past the ranch every day for years, not knowing that it annually attracts 650 or so guests from around the world every summer season, many of them repeat guests, who come for an authentic Western escape that marries stunning views and expert horsemanship training with epic riding adventures and one-of-a-kind hospitality.

“It’s just world-renowned, with the people it attrac

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