The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

It was once used as a classroom to teach mining skills to local high school students.

Birdhouses, peacocks, animal sculptures, and a graveyard are all found along this eclectic nature trail.

Home to a timed geyser created by complete accident.

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

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

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

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

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

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

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

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."

This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

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