If you enjoy house museums, then you should definitely take time to visit this house. The house has…read morelimited furniture, but it has a unique history and floor plan. The entrance fee is only $7 for adults.

Butte, Montana: The Arts Chateau, formerly the home of Copper King William Andrews Clark's son,…read moreCharles, the home was designed in the image of a French Chateau. The home was built in 1898. This ornate mansion now serves as a community arts center and gallery.

Excellent resource for genealogy research. Began using them back around 2005, but hadn't been here…read morein a couple of years. The building is completely renovated in and out, and the staff is very friendly and willing to help in your research. Highly recommend stopping in for any historic research you need for Butte/Silver Bow County

Wow these folks have everything, they know their stuff, and everyone is so positive and helpful…read more They have sanitizing going on all the time (at least continuously for the hour I was there) and masks are required.

What a sight to behold! You can't miss this if you're in town or driving by. It's on a hill and…read morestands at 585 feet tall. It's the tallest surviving masonry structure in the world, and 30 feet taller than the Washington Monument. Unlike the Washington Monument, you can't walk up to the stack's base, as the soil around it is still hazardous due to metal and elemental contamination from its use. You can only photograph it in its entirety from a distance. Do note that there are taller chimneys that still exist are made of reinforced concrete, but this stack is made from bricks and terra cotta coating.

This site is dedicated to the men and women who worked at the Washoe smelter plant. The stacks…read morestill stands as a reminder and a tribute of respect. You can see it from miles away is definitely worth the stop and check out the Anaconda rest stop while you're there

Parking by the information center and the base of the stack is nearby…read more You can't get close to the stack, but you can see it closer with the scope. Lots of information about the mining in the circle.

Lots of information and you can't miss the smoke stack as your driving in to town. Nice place to…read morestop and take pictures you don't see smokestacks like this everyday.

5 stars because it takes me back to the 18th century when the last new house was built if your…read moredriving past it's a must stop. So many really neat things to see make sure and drive to the top to see the Granite Mountain memorial. Also try a pork sandwich at one of the restaurants

Hunter Thompson once said, in describing his infamous lawyer, "There he goes. One of God's own…read moreprototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die." The same can be easily said of Butte. It's a mutant monster of a place that is too weird to continue living, and yet it's too rare and tough to die. After all, we're talking about a city that turned both a brothel and a toxic superfund site into tourist attractions, and St. Patrick's Day is treated as a major holiday. Like many cities of the west, Butte's origination was that of a gold-rush era mining camp in the early 1870's. But its wealth and fame came not from gold or silver, but copper, for which demand skyrocketed with the advent of electricity (as well as bullet manufacturing during WW I and II later on). Life in Butte was definitely good. Unfortunately, just like so many mining towns of the West, the good times were destined to end. In this case, the falling cost of copper, making importation from South America cheaper than mining and processing it here in the US. As the mining operations shut down, businesses and individuals packed up and left, with arson becoming the leading business in the area. Almost overnight, the city that was considered the Paris of the West became a tarnished empty shell of its former glory days. Many now call Butte "The Detroit of The West". These days, the population is under a third of what it once was, and continues to dwindle. No doubt about it, life has dropped trousers, squatted over the area, and let fly with a fresh steaming load of lemons, over and over and over. But leave it to the lifelong residents to prove to the world exactly how tough they really are. The mining is gone? Let's build a giant statue to bring in the tourists! The statue isn't bringing in as many tourists as before? Let's build a speed skating arena to train people for the Olympics! Man-made lake so toxic that it almost instantaneously killed more than three hundred Canadian geese that landed in it? Turn it into a tourist attraction! Water so filled with toxic minerals that it can be mined? Mine it! You get the idea. As much as people outside the area love to dump on and make fun of the community, there's no getting around the fact that Butte has contributed greatly to Montana and world history. After all, would there be extreme sports if Butte-native Evel Knievel had chosen to become a miner instead of a world-class daredevil? Would Dashel Hammet's novels had been has hard-boiled as they were if he didn't spend time as a Pinkerton Detective on The Richest Hill on Earth? These days, with most of the mining gone, Butte plays host to various conventions and festivals. The most famous of which, outside of St. Patrick's Day, are Evel Knievel days, which is a celebration of Butte's most famous son. There are hundreds of reasons one should visit Butte, far too many to list here. Instead, I recommend you, again to quote Thompson, "Buy the ticket and take the ride." Marvel at the rich history. As you take all the attractions in, remember this: you are standing in what is quickly becoming one of the most modern and largest 20th century ghost towns. Enjoy!

Butte, Montana: The fastest and most colorful way to learn about Butte is a Trolley Tour. In about…read moretwo hours, you'll see where the characters, famous folk, miners and scoundrels lived and worked. Plus, you'll hear how they made Butte the lively, urban center it was. Drivers are especially chosen because of their knowledge of Butte history and folklore, which is presented in an entertaining manner. Sightseeing tour includes: National Historic District, Charles W. Clark Chateau, Victorian neighborhoods, Copper King Mansion, Dumas Brothel Museum, Piccaddily Museum of Transportation, World Museum of Mining, Mai Wah, and our Lady of the Rockies. The only stop is the Berkeley Pit viewing stand.

Great librarians; kind and patient. There are not as many…read morebooks and DVDs as I would like, but it's still a good experience. There is a small museum on the second floor.

A great small-town library in a big, beautiful, historical building. Has a very good selection of…read morebooks considering the size of the town, and the most helpful librarians/staff I've had the pleasure of meeting at a library. Very long borrowing periods (which is making it easier for me to get through the collected works of Stephen Crane), plenty of computers with a fairly speedy internet connection. Also, it's nice and warm inside when it's cold out!

Deer Lodge is so fortunate to have this library. The building itself is so beautiful and the…read morelibrarian is always so helpful and friendly. This was one of my favorite places when I attended high school at PCHS in 1988 and 1989. I moved away a few times and moved back permanently recently and it is still one of my favorite places.