Burlington, Vermont

Referred to by local residents as “The Queen City,” Burlington serves as a hub of cultural and social activity spanning from the inception of the American Revolution to the establishment of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. Burlington was named after ...

Bellamy Bridge Heritage Trail

The Historic Russ House

U.S. National Leprosarium Dormitories

These dormitories were built in 1940 at the site of the U.S. National Leprosarium, the only inpatient hospital for research and treatment of Hansen's Disease (Leprosy). The facility provided a home for 4,500 victims of Hansen's Disease, once considered to ...

Cemetery at U.S. National Leprosarium

The cemetery on the campus of the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center has many graves dating to the opening of the Carville Center in 1894. Many of the names are aliases, due to the stigma attached to Hansen's Disease ...

Wilma Theatre

Previously known as the Smead-Simons Building, this eight-story Wilma Theatre building was commonly referred to as western Montana’s first “skyscraper” after its construction. Known as one of the finest theatres in the West, the Wilma opened on May 11, 1921, ...

Toole Park - Salish Campground

The Salish Indians have a long and storied history in this valley. The area where you are standing was once used by the Salish to harvest bitterroot, a dietary staple for Indian tribes in the region. Every spring, the Salish, ...

The Florence Hotel

With “ sleek and streamlined”  Art Moderne lines, the Florence Hotel once billed itself as“ America’s Finest Small Hotel.”  Built in 1941 the hotel’s design is a stunning example of the Art Deco trend of the era, but the hotel’s ...

St. Francis Xavier Church

Jesuit missionaries had a profound effect on the history of the Northwest, and their influence on Missoula is no exception. In 1841, the first Jesuit priests made their way through the Missoula valley in response to a request by the ...

Rattlesnake Creek Streetcar Abutments

Before the automobile became a ubiquitous part of the American landscape, street cars provided an efficient form of urban transportation. Missoula’s first streetcar system, a horse-drawn car on tracks, operated briefly during the 1890s. William A. Clark, a prominent Butte ...