Adventure, mystery and history await visitors to Montana's ghost towns. But with summer weekends a limited (and precious) commodity, one has to be choosy. Here's our picks for the best ghost towns ...

The ghost towns of Central Montana aren't as well known as Bannack or Virginia City, but just like those more famous mining towns, people once flocked to central Montana in hopes of striking it rich.

Thanks to the boom and bust mining cycles of the west, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho are filled with ghost towns. Most of these towns date back to the 1800s and were totally or mostly abandoned ...

Silliman’s latest exhibition at the Jefferson County Museum in Clancy contains 41 black-and-white images of Montana ghost towns and historical ... and the Peggy Dredge in the Madison Valley.

Dig into Montana’s rich mining heritage, soak in hot springs, and wander through authentic 1800s ghost towns on an approximately 300-mile loop through the state’s southwestern corner.

Some of the best places to visit in Montana are found in the southwestern part of the state, called Yellowstone Country, so ...

COMET - Once lauded as one of Montana's most intact ghost towns, Comet is slowly collapsing into the surrounding grass and sagebrush. What vandals and thieves haven't carried away, the wind and ...

The Lewistown Area Chamber of Commerce and Hanley teamed up for a new brochure “Ghost Towns & Gold Mines,” which goes into some depth on Giltedge, Maiden, Fort Maginnis and Kendall ...

Exploring Montana'sghost towns is an amazing way to get a glimpse into the past. Throughout the state, you'll find 12 ghost towns to explore, with the majority of them located on the western side ...

The BLM has protected Idaho and Montana ghost towns.” Varney, a ghost town enthusiast of more than 30 years, recently published “Ghost Towns of the Mountain West,” which sold out of its ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — About 35-miles northeast of Missoula, on Bureau of Land Management ground, you will find one of Montana's most intact ghost towns. In our Montana Moment, we found that the ...