While the Treasure State today is best known for its natural treasures, including Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks, settlers first came to the Montana territory to unearth treasures from the ...

Located near Dillon, Montana, Bannack State Park is home to the best preserved ghost town in all of Montana. It's also where first major discovery of gold in Montana took place on July 28, 1862.

The ghost town comes to life with traditional music and historical presentations, along with old-timey candy and treats. You can also walk in the shoes of a 19th-century Montana gold miner and pan ...

Dig into Montana’s rich mining heritage, soak in hot springs, and wander through authentic 1800s ghost towns on this Big Sky road trip through the state’s southwestern corner.

For the miners who found gold along Warm Spring Creek Canyon in 1879, the toughest part may have been keeping silent about their find while they wintered in Junction City along the Yellowstone River.

COMET - Once lauded as one of Montana's most intact ghost towns, Comet is slowly collapsing into the surrounding grass and sagebrush.

Thirty-eight years ago, Estes traveled with her family from Chicago to Montana. They visited Castle Town, a once-upon-a-time mining community near White Sulphur Springs, on the edge of the Lewis ...

Dr. Richard Buswell: Documenting Montana ghost towns for 40 years. Thomas Plank Jul 16, 2018 Jul 16, 2018 ... Dr. Richard Buswell approaches an abandoned home near Marysville on July 7.

Near the bandstand is a boulder with holes drilled into it, the legacy of a drilling contest on Miners Union Day in 1920. Hilger came along in 1911 and had the advantage of being on the rail line.

COMET - Once lauded as one of Montana's most intact ghost towns, Comet is slowly collapsing into the surrounding grass and sagebrush. What vandals and thieves haven't carried away, the wind and ...