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Out of all the restaurants owned and operated by locals, this is the highest rated in Montana?

The Department of Defense is looking to fund a project that'll extract rare elements from the Berkeley Pit. But at what cost?

This natural feature located deep in the heart of Montana has a function that is one-of-a-kind and actually quite useful.

The Butte mine headframes are possibly the most easily identifiable structures on The Hill as you look up from down on The Flats. Especially as the sun goes down and their looming shadows are cast eastward across the Uptown cityscape. Sure, the Original Mine is becoming known worldwide thanks to the Montana Folk Festival and the thousands that it attracts every year. The Mountain Con is known for it's "Mile High, Mile Deep" paint job as well as for having its surrounding area turned into a beautiful recreation area. The Belmont's hoisthouse is now a bustling Senior Citizens center. But what about some of Butte's lesser-known mines whose headframes are still standing? Can you name these mines just by sight?

Montana boasts one of the highest potentials for this renewable energy source, but drags its feet. Why?

The Dumas Brothel in Butte is reportedly one of Montana's most haunted places. Is a portrait found inside one of a ghost?

Montana burger lovers have lots of choices, but for those who take their burger game to the next level, we've come up with the ultimate Montana burger road trip.

There's a lot of talk going on about TikTok: it's potential ban, what that means for the American experience, and what that means for our values and culture. However, there's one big detail you may have missed, and it's here in Montana.

Love 'em or hate 'em, celebrities have infiltrated our great state of Montana, and with it come some surprising impacts that directly affect you. What are they?

Butte, Montana is known for its rough and tumble mining past. The mines in particular relied almost solely on railroads to transport ore and with Butte's population at one time well over 100,000, railway service was one of the most relied-on ways of getting to the Mining City. And the Butte Depot at 818 S. Arizona, formerly the Great Northern Railway Station, was at the heart of it. It is with that in mind that Bill Fisher and his family completely transformed the once-abandoned shell into one of the coolest reception halls you will find anywhere.

These 5 manmade holes have proven themselves to be testaments to the human will and skill of engineering, all in all making up over 10 miles of deep excavation. Lucky for us here in the United States, Montana and Utah feature two entries on the list—and you may not expect them.

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