Places chrissyml Wants to Go

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

A small Montana town commemorates the dog who waited at the train station every day for his owner to return.

Touch an actual dinosaur bone at this eclectic trove of Rocky Mountain treasures.

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

Derelict buildings are all that remain of a complex at the site of one of the worst mining disasters in Montana history.

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

For thousands of years, Native American hunters drove buffalo straight off this cliff in Montana's Yellowstone Country.

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

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

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

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

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.

The highest point in Montana is as rugged and singular as the state itself.

See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

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

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

A scenic ravine with an astounding collection of rock art created by the Indigenous people of the Great Plains.

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

A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

"Polynesia on the Plains."

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