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

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.

This tree has witnessed nearly 1,000 years of history.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

This Spokane mansion and the stories within its walls have been brought back to life, thanks to careful restoration.

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

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

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

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

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

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

Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

What if the cure for all that ails you was as simple as repeated exposure to low-dose radon?

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

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

This combination shop and museum is filled with curious items and artifacts.