High Chaparral Theme Park

High Chaparral is a Wild West theme park and post-industrial museum of cultural artifacts and collectibles, located close to Värnamo, Sweden.

His interest in the American frontier and Wild West was born from coming from a countryside where many had emigrated to America and from the stories they told.

When the Swedish national phone company had to get rid of 200,000 telephone poles, Erlandsson took the opportunity and constructed a western American style frontier fort and town with log cabins as it might have been used by the old United States Cavalry and U.S. Army in the Indian Wars on the western frontier in North America during the 19th century.

[9] In 2018, two years after the death of Bengt, Emil and Philip created a large museum inside the park with their grandfather's collection of 1,200 items of, among others, toys, signs, paintings, cars, motorcycles and a steam train.

There is also a museum overflowing with cultural artifacts, old cars, machinery, and various Cold War oddities such as the bronze monster-size statue of Lenin expelled from Nowa Huta.

A girl dressed as Lucky Luke points a revolver at other children dressed as The Daltons.
Children playing in the miniature city.
Background: Facades of Wild West themed buildings. A man is riding a horse and people are running in the background.
The Wild West Stunt Show