QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Haunted Montana?

A tommyknocker in a miner's lamp helmet climbs out of the rubble, grinning
Illustration by Rob Rath

Tommyknockers, vigilantes, a lake monster and a Copper King's mansion: ten questions for Halloween weekend. Finish the quiz and you're entered in this month's drawing for a free one-year subscription to Distinctly Montana magazine and a $50 gift card to Distinctly Montana Marketplace, our made-in-Montana gift shop. How the monthly giveaway works and the official rules.

Winter 2019-20

December 15, 2019

Our Healthy, Well and Fit issue brings a cross-country skiing guide, Maggie Slepian’s skijoring, and Lacey Middlestead’s seven cool winter hikes. Meet the birds that love winter and Montana’s reality TV, and spend a day with Big Sky ski patroller Nancy Sheil. Also inside: Gary Ferguson, a Montanan you should know, earthquakes in 30 years with Michael Stickney, the photography of Don Powell, PechaKucha, hot springs for health, yoga for boomers, staying winter fit, Bozeman’s recreation hub, and facing your phobias.

Fall 2019

September 15, 2019

Liz Larcom profiles bald and golden eagles, Montana’s apex predators, seven scenic drives are made for fall, and the Dinosaur Trail is ready for digging. Maggie Slepian picks short fall hikes, the ghosts of Old Faithful Inn come out, and Kay Bjork paddles the Clearwater River Canoe Trail. Also inside: Kostas, a Montanan you should know, Dorothy Bradley’s barn under snow, a day in the life of Miss Rodeo Montana, grizzlies in 30 years with Louisa Willcox, Melissa Kwasny on the animal origins of what we wear, blacksmith Glenn Gilmore, and duct tape to the rescue.