Ever since I was a little kid (a long time ago, since now I'm ten years old), dinosaurs fascinated me. My shelves were lined with dinosaur books, my bed was filled with dinosaur stuffies and my walls were covered in dinosaur wallpaper and stickers. So you can see why the Museum of the Rockies is one of my favorite places to go. And when I heard there was a new permanent exhibit, I knew we had to get someone, Mom, Dad, Grandma and Grandpa, anyone, to take me!

Much of the failure of Heaven's Gate can probably be attributed to the fact that long before anyone even saw the film, it had become notorious as an example of overspending. By the time it made its first appearance, after Cimino finally cut it down to two and a half hours under the threat of being fired, people were almost prepared to hate it. The initial response was so bad that the studio pulled it out of theaters after only one day.

For in the basement of a building on the Steamboat Block, they labor on a project as heroic as it is quixotic: nothing less than a model of the roads and tracks connecting the heart of Montana's railroad corridor, including Great Falls, Livingston, and Butte, with many smaller towns in between.

A wonderful companion piece to the earlier A History of Montana in 101 Objects as well as a fascinating read in its own right, A History of Montana in 101 Places is a wonderful armchair journey for any lover of the state's history, geography, material science, and culture.

Subtlety wasn't part of Craney's playbook. But he also understood that Montana was a unique market for advertisers, whether in radio or television, as he recalled to an interviewer in 1977: "It is a high cost market and one that is difficult to get national advertisers to come into…because there just aren't the people in Montana to make it a market."

The business where Lightfoot gets employment before the heist is Pinski Bros. Plumbing and Heating, which was an actual business in Great Falls, one that had been a fixture in the community for several years. One of the most crucial locations, the drive-in movie theater where the bank robbers hide out after the job, was provided by Great Falls’ 10th Ave Drive-In.

When it comes to getting it right, Dennis is a perfectionist, as his wife, Mary, can attest. “We’ll be watching a movie and she’ll say, ‘Dennis, don’t say what’s wrong with this one,’” he said. “I’m not trying to be a critic – I just notice things that are inaccurate – be it the way someone is holding a firearm or the way someone is dressed.”

Roughly 2,125 miles east of Havre, MT, four stories up from the horns and hubbub of West 36th Street, on a set built and driven across country, eight actors from Montana Actor's Theater (MAT) will make their Off-Broadway debut at the Chain Theatre in mid-town Manhattan, NYC.

When they let me out of high school I didn't have a hat. That was okay. John Kennedy showed you you didn't need a hat to be successful. Kennedy was the first president since Abe Lincoln who was never photographed in a cowboy hat or Indian war bonnet. He got elected anyway, and girls liked him too. So much for hats.

Harmonville is also a town where magical, impossible things can happen without anyone seeming to notice, like when Costner fires his six-shooter 16 times without reloading, and no one declares it a miracle.

When I first met Lyle, he was hard at work in his studio at the back of the gallery. I initially thought my misstep into his creative space made me a frustrating distraction and I attempted to duck back out, but Lyle immediately welcomed me.

Art was for Lee more than a hobby. It was necessary, a compulsion. But he also didn’t keep it to himself. He shared it, displayed it on the side of a state highway, and sold his statues for five bucks apiece.

Plan a road trip to Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Christian Church at 2100 Continental Drive in Butte! Montana's relationship with Serbia stretches back to the dusty, horse-drawn carriage days when Montana was still a territory and Serbia was still a kingdom. 

The carnival rides, food, exhibits and games at the county fair were something you looked forward to every year. In the winter, you longed for Christmas. In the summer, you yearned for the county fair. 

"I was so lucky to be hired on to the Shelby City road crew. I learned so much in those four years. I damn near died every summer from various accidents. I learned at a different pace than I did at the university. Different kinds of learning."

When writing The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Johnson said, “I asked myself, what if one of these big bold gunmen who are having the traditional walkdown is not fearless, and what if he can’t even shoot. Then what have you got?” 

Frank Little was a vocal agitator who was famous for risking life and limb to spread the gospel of the International Workers of the World, a global union which many other domestic unions, such as the American Federation of Labor, regarded as too radical.

"Here, we owe a great debt to past generations – people like George Bird Grinnell whose vision and tenacity protected places like Yellowstone and Glacier. But protecting these places did not happen by accident, or without great opposition."

If there is one place where Old West meets New it’s at the rodeo, where broncin’ buckaroos, flashy cowgirls and murderous bulls enjoy a few hours, all together in a large, penned arena. With so much ruckus it definitely (still) pays to have a bit of luck on your side so never, absolutely never, wear a yellow shirt while competing.