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Unusual
Attractions
in Montana

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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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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Goodbye, glaciers.

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

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