Garnet, Montana, is one of the best ghost towns in the West, and it offers a chance to see what life was like in a 19th-century mining town. Once home to 1,000 residents and 13 saloons, Garnet was ...

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 ...

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 ...

A chance to really get to know the ghosts at Garnet Ghost Town is one of the benefits of a volunteer residency summer program at the historic site. “It’s primitive, to say the least,” U.S. Bureau of ...

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

GARNET — In this ghost town in the dead of winter, the stillness of the night rarely is broken. It's a pure silence that makes a person think they heard something, slightly beyond ear's range. Was it ...

The Garnet Preservation Association and Bureau of Land Management will be hosting Garnet Mining History Day from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30, at Garnet Ghost Town. Opportunities abound ...

GARNET (AP) — An old cabin in this historic ghost town is getting a professional facelift — work that will be featured on an upcoming History Channel show. Carpenters from Glacier National Park who ...

GARNET — Bureau of Land Management archaeologist Maria Craig knew all about the history lurking beneath thick stands of evergreens on the hillside just above the ghost town of Garnet. She may have ...

MISSOULA — Interested in living in a Montana ghost town for a month, with no electricity or indoor plumbing, and groceries for pay? So’s everybody else. You’re too late. The job is filled. Folks at ...

Someone stole an antique cash register from Garnet Ghost Town earlier this week. The theft apparently took place between Sunday night and Monday morning when someone broke into the visitor center, ...