Places afink Wants to Go

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

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

After Havre burned down, the best place to build was under the ashes.

A collection of huge, site-specific sculptures sitting in the Montana woods.

This tiny movie theater was the last one in the U.S. constructed in the Nuevo Deco architectural style.

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

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

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

"Polynesia on the Plains."

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

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.

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

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.

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.

Where unreadable addresses are read, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

These headstones and a few stone foundations are all that remain of a once-booming mining town.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

An empty mine that some believe will suddenly be filled with fortune and treasures at the end of the world.

This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.