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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

It’s quiet now, especially when heavy snows descend on the Garnet Mountain Range. More than 120 years ago though, Garnet was a boisterous place, going full blast even in the harsh winter months. Its ...

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 — 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 ...

Remember comedian Bill Cosby's childhood plot to stash a snowball in the freezer until July? And his mom threw it out before he could throw it? The folks at Garnet Ghost Town prepared better. They cut ...

The people may be long gone, but what they left behind fascinates. These five ghost towns are time capsules, giving visitors a peek into what life was like in each community during its heyday. Some ...