The Old West was giving way to the modern world just as a new medium arrived to capture its lore on celluloid: Motion pictures. Thanks to Hollywood movies, westerns are arguably the film genre with ...

Ghost towns are prevalent in the Montana and other parts of the West, with 100 to more than 200 per state, but even states in the Midwest and several Eastern states have between 10 to 100 ghost towns ...

Explore Colorado ghost towns with creaky cabins, mountain silence, and eerie history that makes every detour feel worth it.

From ghost towns to gold mines to century-old saloons, the Wild West era is alive and well in the mountains of Colorado. Follow this road trip to see the same sights as cowboys, outlaws and famed ...

This Abandoned Gold-mining Town Is One of the Best Ghost Towns in the West—and It Has a Creepy Old Hotel and Saloon Garnet, Montana, is one of the best ghost towns in the West, and it offers a chance ...

Step back in time at this famous Arizona ghost town where wooden boardwalks, historic saloons, and Wild West legends come to life.

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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 ...