The American West is a land of legends that has captured the imagination of the world. Although nearly unrecognizable from what it was even 100 years ago, relics of the storied "Old West" are still ...

Things are escalating into a standoff at Montana’s state-owned ghost towns, where rising rents and theme park ambitions, along with a case of embezzlement, are frustrating the owners of some of the ...

BANNACK — The ghost towns of Montana's gold rush era attract thousands of visitors annually. At Bannack and Virginia City, they learn about the clapboard buildings left behind by men and women hoping ...

Buying an entire town sounds unreal until you see it listed. Across the U.S., former mining camps, rail stops, and company ...

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — For the miners who found gold along Warm Spring Creek Canyon in 1879, the toughest part may have been keeping silent about their find while they wintered in Junction City ...

HELENA — The Bureau of Land Management is recruiting volunteers in one of Montana’s best known and historic ghost towns. Volunteers must commit to at least one month with longer stints welcomed. Those ...