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

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

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

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

A classic mystery spot complete with spots that are said to make you shrink or grow when you stand on them.

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

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

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

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

"Polynesia on the Plains."

With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."

A rapidly disappearing glacier filled with extinct grasshoppers, perfectly preserved in the ice.

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

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

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

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

Dance on a hand-hewn log floor padded with bouncy boxcar springs at a saloon built in 1883.

Population: 1.

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."