Weird history46.1232° N, 112.9314° W
Anaconda, MT
A 585-foot smelter stack dominating the valley above Anaconda, preserved as a monument to Montana’s copper-smelting era. The stack itself is not open for climbing.
- Access
- Roadside, no entry
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- Weird history45.1607° N, 112.9942° W
Bannack, MT
Montana’s best-preserved territorial-era ghost town, with more than 50 historic structures lining the old main street. Buildings are interpreted rather than recreated, and winter access can be more limited.
- Access
- Open to visitors
- Weird history48.3779° N, 109.2134° W
Chinook, MT
The site where the 1877 Nez Perce flight ended after a five-day battle and siege. The National Park Service interprets the landscape as part of Nez Perce National Historical Park.
- Access
- Open to visitors
- Weird history45.3833° N, 112.4609° W
Dillon, MT
A distinctive rock formation recognized by Sacagawea as a landmark near her homeland during the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The formation is primarily viewed from designated pullouts.
- Access
- Roadside, no entry
- Weird history45.6410° N, 113.6433° W
Wisdom, MT
A Nez Perce War battlefield and memorial landscape interpreting the August 1877 battle and the people who fought and died there. Treat the site as a place of remembrance.
- Access
- Open to visitors
- Weird history48.5908° N, 109.2316° W
Chinook, MT
A regional museum with major interpretation of the Bear Paw Battlefield and Nez Perce War alongside homestead, Indigenous, military, and dinosaur history.
- Access
- Open to visitors
- Weird history46.5509° N, 110.9009° W
White Sulphur Springs, MT
A stone mansion turned county museum, filled with local artifacts, vehicles, and furnishings. The museum also schedules 'Dark Side of the Springs' programs and paranormal ghost-hunt events.
- Access
- Seasonal or ticketed
- Weird history45.4270° N, 108.5490° W
Pryor, MT
The preserved home, farmstead, grave, and sacred spring of Chief Plenty Coups of the Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation. The site is a National Historic Landmark and should be visited respectfully.
- Access
- Open to visitors
- Weird history45.2350° N, 112.6340° W
Dillon, MT
A short climb to the limestone knob where William Clark took compass readings in 1805, with a broad view over the Beaverhead Valley.
- Access
- Seasonal or ticketed
- Weird history46.8430° N, 113.3806° W
Drummond, MT
Scattered ruins of a little-documented mining camp near Garnet, sometimes called one of the range’s mystery towns. Access is rough and involves walking to fragile remains.
- Access
- Seasonal or ticketed
- Weird history48.1970° N, 114.3033° W
Kalispell, MT
A richly preserved 1895 mansion with original family furnishings, elaborate woodwork, and unusual turn-of-the-century household technology.
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- Seasonal or ticketed
- Weird history45.4894° N, 113.0364° W
Wise River, MT
Remote ruins of an early-1900s silver-mining settlement and mill complex in the Pioneer Mountains. Reaching it involves forest roads and a walk, so seasonal conditions matter.
- Access
- Seasonal or ticketed
- Weird history46.0139° N, 112.5389° W
Butte, MT
William A. Clark’s lavish 34-room Victorian mansion, preserved with elaborate woodwork, stained glass, and period interiors. Tours and lodging operate on set schedules.
- Access
- Seasonal or ticketed
- Weird history46.2675° N, 114.1424° W
Hamilton, MT
The grand Bitterroot Valley estate of copper magnate Marcus Daly, preserved with period rooms, formal grounds, and furnishings tied to Montana’s Copper Kings.
- Access
- Seasonal or ticketed
- Weird history47.9249° N, 110.4985° W
Loma, MT
An overlook above the Missouri–Marias confluence where Lewis and Clark had to decide which river branch led toward the Continental Divide.
- Access
- Open to visitors
- Weird history46.0107° N, 112.5426° W
Butte, MT
A surviving red-light-district brothel building dating to 1890. The property now operates through limited tours and special events, including paranormal-themed events.
- Access
- Seasonal or ticketed
- Weird history44.8307° N, 111.4270° W
West Yellowstone, MT
Interpretive center overlooking the lake created when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake triggered a massive landslide across the Madison River in 1959.
- Access
- Seasonal or ticketed
- Weird history46.2751° N, 111.9462° W
Elkhorn, MT
A near-ghost town centered on two unusually ornate surviving frontier buildings, Fraternity Hall and Gillian Hall. Some nearby structures remain privately owned.
- Access
- Open to visitors
- Weird history47.4790° N, 111.5250° W
Ulm, MT
One of North America’s largest known bison-jump complexes, preserving a long-used cultural landscape, archaeological deposits, trails, and an interpretive center.
- Access
- Open to visitors
- Weird history48.4984° N, 109.8007° W
Havre, MT
Remnants and restored buildings from a massive 19th-century U.S. Army post established near the Canadian border. Tours interpret its complicated military and regional history.
- Access
- Seasonal or ticketed
- Weird history46.5195° N, 114.0970° W
Stevensville, MT
Remains of an early trading post and settlement site in the Bitterroot Valley, preserving adobe and masonry traces from one of western Montana’s earliest non-Indigenous settlements.
- Access
- Open to visitors
- Weird history47.1249° N, 104.6895° W
Glendive, MT
A regional museum with pioneer buildings, transportation artifacts, local history, and fossil material from the surrounding badlands.
- Access
- Seasonal or ticketed
- Weird history45.6797° N, 111.0422° W
Bozeman, MT
A local-history museum inside the former Gallatin County jail, retaining old cells and a hanging-gallows area alongside exhibits on regional history.
- Access
- Open to visitors
- Weird history46.8251° N, 113.3394° W
Clinton, MT
A gold camp that reached around a thousand residents in the 1890s and dwindled as the gold ran out. The BLM keeps it as one of Montana's best-preserved ghost towns, with historic buildings and a seasonal visitor centre. Ten dollars for visitors sixteen and over; the last roads are unpaved and winter access is over snow only.
- Access
- Seasonal or ticketed