A once celebrated industrial wonder now lurks in a quiet corner of Flathead Lake.

This record-setting hydraulic dam in the Montana badlands was one of FDR's most ambitious public works.

Mining caused an asbestos emergency in this small town.

One of the last socialist halls still standing in the United States.

Operational for less than a year, this mill produced more than 11,000 tons of chrome concentrate in its short lifespan.

One home in the historic strip hides secret compartments and the ghostly songs of long-gone canaries.

The famous 102-year-old circus elephant was struck and killed by lightning.

A sprawling museum located on the former site of the Orphan Girl Mine.

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

The old fire tower is one of the last of its kind in the United States.

This museum is dedicated to telling the story of dinosaurs from a creationist perspective. 

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

A working ranch doubles as a sustainable hub for world-renowned classical music and large-scale sculptures.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

Touch an actual dinosaur bone at this eclectic trove of Rocky Mountain treasures.

A small Montana town commemorates the dog who waited at the train station every day for his owner to return.

Derelict buildings are all that remain of a complex at the site of one of the worst mining disasters in Montana history.

After Havre burned down, the best place to build was under the ashes.

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

A collection of huge, site-specific sculptures sitting in the Montana woods.

A collection of 16,000 antlers crammed beautifully into a small shed.

This tiny movie theater was the last one in the U.S. constructed in the Nuevo Deco architectural style.

The highest point in Montana is as rugged and singular as the state itself.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.