Nestled up high in the heart of an expansive, pine-covered mountain range is the long-abandoned Garnet, Montana's self-proclaimed "best preserved ghost town." Founded in the late 1800s, this ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Enthusiasts and historians continue to keep interest alive in one of Montana's most well known ghost towns. Each year, organizers host Garnet Days, at Garnet ghost town, northeast of ...

The people may be long gone, but what they left behind fascinates. These five ghost towns are time capsules, giving visitors a peek into what life was like in each community during its heyday. Some ...

Many of these once-thriving communities were deserted due to economic collapse, natural calamity, or shifts in industry.

John DeHaas said he isn’t a rabble-rouser. You won’t see him leading any protests. But the Bozeman man who helped found the Montana Ghost Town Preservation Society almost 40 years ago still wants to ...

The handsomest ghost town of World War II—Mouat, a $15 million investment in chrome—sat on a shelf of Montana’s Bear Tooth Mountains last week, all but deserted. Shiny new fire engines parked unused.