40 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Montana - Atlas Obscura

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The Berkeley Pit

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

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Drummond, Montana

Garnet, Montana

This amazingly preserved gold rush town is a well preserved gem from the time.

Meagher, Montana

Castle Town Ghost Town

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

Whitehall, Montana

Ringing Rocks of Montana

The rocks of a certain area of Butte, Montana give off a musical ring when hit.

West Glacier, Montana

Ptarmigan Tunnel

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

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Garden of One Thousand Buddhas

This giant meditative chakra is working on just as many Buddhas as advertised.

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West Glacier, Montana

Going-to-the-Sun Road

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

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Cameron, Montana

Earthquake Lake

An apocalyptic seismic event creates a deadly chain reaction that ends with a 6-mile long lake developing within weeks.

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Chili and Cinnamon Rolls

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Chili and Cinnamon Rolls

This savory-sweet pairing is a classic school lunch.

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Rocky Mountain Oysters

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Rocky Mountain Oysters

Battered and fried testicles make use of a cattle-country surplus.

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Interned Italians enter Fort Missoula in 1941.

When the U.S. Interned Italians in Montana, They Rioted Over Olive Oil

For the "enemy aliens" held at Fort Missoula, suet was an insult.

by Reina Gattuso

February 01, 2019

We now know what the missing teeth would have looked like at the front of this jaw.

We Always Thought This Dinosaur Was a Vegetarian, Then We Found Its Front Teeth

A sharp surprise from Montana's Hell Creek.

by Matthew Taub

October 26, 2018

In Montana, this Little Free Library is filled with books and magazines.

Pizza Hut's ‘Little Free Libraries’ Look Exactly Like Mini Pizza Huts

Also, remember BOOK IT?

October 08, 2018

Ecologist Morton J. Elrod used this boulder to measure the terminus of Grinnell Glacier in 1926. Now, no ice is visible from the rock.

Climate Change Is Coming for America's National Parks

Goodbye, glaciers.

by Jessica Leigh Hester

September 25, 2018

Resident artist Zemer Peled.

The Ceramics Artists Experimenting at a Shuttered Montana Brick Factory

At the Archie Bray Foundation, wildlife and an isolated locale inspire creativity in clay.

by Emily E. Smith

February 06, 2018

A honey bee pollinating a flower.

The Massive Bee Hive Heists Unfolding in California

Organized crime may be involved.

by Erik Shilling

The Berkeley Pit.

Thousands of Unlucky Geese Landed in the Toxic Berkeley Pit And Are Now Dead

A snowstorm drove 10,000 geese to their doom.

by Sarah Laskow

December 07, 2016