Squaw Valley

Year hosted: 1960 Prior to 1960, Squaw Valley, California had one chair lift, making it the smallest Olympics host city to date. Today, the resort welcomes upwards of a million visitors per year. The Olympic cauldron and Walt Disney-designed Tower of Nations still flank the entrance, and the nation’s sole funitel (a type of aerial ski lift) whisks visitors up the mountain at 1,000 feet per minute.