Places micheleshreeve Wants to Go

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

A railroad lift bridge that was only lifted once and became obsolete before construction was finished.

This record-setting hydraulic dam in the Montana badlands was one of FDR's most ambitious public works.

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

One home in the historic strip hides secret compartments and the ghostly songs of long-gone canaries.

The old fire tower is one of the last of its kind in the United States.

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

The rocks of a certain area of Butte, Montana give off a musical ring when hit.

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

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

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

A classic theatre located along a desolate Montana road.

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

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

A metal menagerie fills the yard of this museum and gallery, the work of Montana artist Bill Ohrmann.

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

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

A thousand years old and the largest of its kind in the world.

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

This landmark church at the Flathead Reservation mission features 58 ceiling and wall frescoes painted by the mission's cook.

A once celebrated industrial wonder now lurks in a quiet corner of Flathead Lake.

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

Crystal clear, drinkable mountain spring water by the side of the road.