Confluence Camp

Mineral County is within the traditional territory of the Salish and Pend d’Oreille Indians. These tribes and other regional Indians made camps along the Clark Fork River that allowed them to take advantage of the plentiful resources of the area. ...

Cedar Creek Stampede

NOTICE: Access to this site may be via narrow dirt or gravel roads with few turnarounds.

NOTICE: Cell service may be limited or nonexistent in the area of this site.

Louis Barrette rode through snow and ice towards Frenchtown in ...

CCC Camp at St. Regis

One afternoon in July 1933, a heavy truck could not turn around on a narrow forest road; to solve the problem, several “husky lads put their shoulders to the truck and lifted the chassis and set it down again in ...

Camel's Hump Road

In 1864, a train of pack camels arrived in Montana along the Mullan Road and wagon trail. Local teamsters and animals disliked the strange beasts, which one hunter mistook for a deformed moose. The Camel’s Hump was not named for ...

Camel's Hump Lookout

Fourteen miles northwest of St. Regis, the 50-foot-tall Camel’s Hump Lookout tower looms over the Lolo National Forest. The original structure was built during the 1930s, replaced during the 1960s, and continues to be staffed each summer. More than 40,000 ...

UNESCO World Heritage Site- City of Potosí

In the 16th century, this area was regarded as the world’s largest industrial complex. The extraction of silver ore relied on a series of hydraulic mills. The site consists of the industrial monuments of the Cerro Rico, where water is ...

Pumice Castle

Pumice Castle Overlook on the Rim Drive provides a view of one of the park’s most colorful features—a layer of orange pumice that has been eroded into the shape of a medieval castle. The pumice was deposited about 70,000 years ...

Bridge Creek Springs

The purpose of the park is stated in its establishing act signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt on May 22, 1902. The park was to be an area "dedicated and set apart forever as a public park or pleasure ...

Discovery Point

On the back of a mule, the gold prospector, John Hillman, became the first European American to stumble across what he called the “Deep Blue Lake”.

In the spring of 1853, eleven miners from Yreka, California, stopped for supplies at Isaac ...

UNESCO World Heritage Site- Temple of Preah Vihear

Situated on the edge of a plateau that dominates the plain of Cambodia, the Temple of Preah Vihear is dedicated to Shiva. The Temple is composed of a series of sanctuaries linked by a system of pavements and staircases over ...