Take a step back in time when you explore Montana's Old West — mountains, valleys, and prairies with a history of ranchers and miners. After visiting the Old West ghost town of Bannack or the ...

Abandoned buildings in Bannack ghost town, Montana - Sue Smith/Shutterstock As the United States began expanding westward after the American Revolution, new settlements sprang up across the prairies ...

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 ...