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

Unusual
Attractions
in Montana

Drummond, Montana

Garnet, Montana

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

The Berkeley Pit

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

Whitehall, Montana

Ringing Rocks of Montana

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

Meagher, Montana

Castle Town Ghost Town

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

West Glacier, Montana

Ptarmigan Tunnel

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

Garden of One Thousand Buddhas

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

West Glacier, Montana

Going-to-the-Sun Road

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Boulder, Montana

Elkhorn Ghost Town

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

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Unique
Food & Drink
in Montana

Chili and Cinnamon Rolls

This savory-sweet pairing is a classic school lunch.

Rocky Mountain Oysters

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

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You could own the busiest watering hole for miles.

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Interned Italians enter Fort Missoula in 1941.

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

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

A sharp surprise from Montana's Hell Creek.

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

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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

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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.

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A honey bee pollinating a flower.

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Organized crime may be involved.

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The Berkeley Pit.

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A snowstorm drove 10,000 geese to their doom.

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