Many were abandoned after the railroad was ... considered one of the most well-preserved ghost towns in the West — is Garnet, Montana. Established in the late 19th century by miners scouring ...

Every abandoned town has an air of sadness ... Still, Virginia City briefly served as the capital of the Montana Territory (before it was a state), and grew to a population of around 10,000.

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While the term "ghost town" may sound like a village haunted by spirits, it actually refers to an old, abandoned city ... (Courtesy of Visit Montana)| While enjoying Montana's blue skies and ...

There are more than 3,800 deserted towns across the ... When they arrived at the town on the outskirts of Anaconda, Montana, they joined a ghost hunt using a “ghost box"—a device designed ...