to the lake

Took a trip to the cabin. Of course taking the direct route is never an option so we took an alternate route which made us arrive hours later than we should have. On our way we took some interesting roads avoiding rain, found some abandoned churches and a schoolhouse. Overall it was a nice little outing photographing our favorite subject.

"goat paths" we use to get to locations

blue Ukrainian church - the first church on our roadtrip

schoolhouse

back in the trees, lies this huge beautiful catholic church

I think this may have been a religious camp...

flooded basement of a church

doing renovations

small town abandoned church

deer lodge prison

This trip became a little touristy we decide to see some amazing large abandoned buildings that were historic sites. We chose sites that had not been restored but instead preserved in their decaying state. This prison was the perfect location to see. Part of many other museums the prison was what we came to see.

guard tunnels

theater

old theater

chapel

view of the old theater

montana mining, mills & ghost towns

There are so many mines located in Montana and most have been abandoned. It is hard to know what is still around and what may be gone by just doing research and looking at maps. We did our best to try to pick out what may be the most worthwhile. We found some amazing mines and mills ranging from old wooden structures, modern underground and some made entirely of brick. Here are just a few pictures of them.

ghost town

church in a ghost town

ghost town

abandoned cabin in the woods

abandoned mill

another abandoned mill

mill interior

mill interior

modern underground mine

bunkhouse in a ghost town

houses in a ghost town

abandoned mine on a creek

abandoned mine/mill

bank vault in a ghost town - bank is long gone

cabin a ghost town

Main street in a ghost town

modern abandoned mine

abandoned mines in butte

abandoned mines in butte