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Have you ever wandered into a place where time seems to pause, and the sun glows on streets that no longer belong to anyone? Montana’s ghost towns hold that spell, quietly waiting for summer travelers ...

Virginia City Opera House closes after Koch family rejects state lease increases, ending decades of historic theater ...

Things are escalating into a standoff at Montana’s state-owned ghost towns, where rising rents and theme park ambitions, along with a case of embezzlement, are frustrating the owners of some of the ...