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 ...

Ingomar has a population under 20, sitting in the middle of nowhere on Montana’s eastern plains. The Jersey Lilly serves bean ...

Lewistown sits in the exact center of Montana, offering central location and centrally amazing affordability. This hidden gem features stunning turn-of-the-century buildings downtown that look like a ...

Makoshika (pronounced ma-KO-shi-ka) is Montana’s largest state park and a paradise for dinosaur lovers and geology buffs. The name “Makoshika” comes from a Lakota phrase meaning “bad land” or “bad ...

Bodie is the quintessential ghost town, frozen in time high in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Once a booming gold mining town ...

The people may be long gone, but what they left behind fascinates. These five ghost towns are time capsules, giving visitors ...

ANACONDA, Mont. — The world premiere of a brand-new play revolving around ghost stories is set for Friday in Anaconda. “The ...

Today, however, fortunes have changed for Garnet. Because the remaining buildings were abandoned rather than disassembled (presumably because they weren't worth much), Garnet is considered one of ...

Editor’s note: Caprock Chronicles is edited by Jack Becker, Librarian Emeritus, Texas Tech University Libraries. He can be reached at [email protected]. Today’s article about Lubbock’s forgotten ...

Stiles, Texas is a ghost town that was once a popular stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail route and had a population of nearly 200 people, but after the discovery of oil in 1923, the town began to ...

Visits to one of Arizona’s most intact ghost towns will soon be a thing of the past. After more than 30 years of welcoming tourists, the private owners of Ruby will permanently close the abandoned ...

Thomas "Hobnail Tom" Edwards was a legendary outfitter and advocate for wilderness, especially the Scapegoat. Edwards played ...