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Latest Perplexing Articles . . .
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  Montana Natural History Center Less Pretty, More Pretty Interesting
Posted Saturday, August 16 @ 02:00:00 PDT by Brendan
If you’ve got some extra time in Missoula, Montana, or you want to learn the most about the natural history of the region, there are two great places in town to do it. One is the Elk County Visitor Center and the other is its less attractive cousin, the one that resides on the other side of the tracks, the Montana Natural History Center. |
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 Pictograph Caves in Billings Barely Caves, Hardly Pictographic
Posted Friday, August 15 @ 03:00:00 PDT by Brendan
Chalk it up to me being young, but I couldn’t find any interest in the chalking up of the sandstone overhangs in Montana’s pictograph caves. Maybe I was disappointed because they weren’t caves, or because “they” was a singular, or maybe it was the fact that it was scorching hot outside. I can recommend this attraction, but only if you have a longer attention span than me, and I warn you, mine is better than it’s ever been before. |
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 Smokejumper Center Honors History of Madmen Jumping into Fires
Posted Thursday, August 14 @ 09:00:00 PDT by Dominic
Just west of Missoula, Montana, along the Interstate-90 corridor, drivers may notice signs for the Smokejumper Visitor Center. The name is a bit puzzling until you learn that it’s exactly what it sounds like – people jumping from planes into flames – and then the whole profession itself becomes the puzzle. I know Smokey says "Only you can prevent forest fires," but these people take that catch phrase WAY too seriously. |
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 No Trip Complete Without Sleepover in the Slammer
Posted Sunday, August 10 @ 23:00:00 PDT by Brendan
Throughout our 5-plus weeks in Montana, we’ve stayed everywhere from mountain top resorts to the lows you scrape a rung below the Motel 6, and no place left an impression on us quite like the 1880s Ranch in Anaconda, Montana. It wasn’t just a neat location, it was handily the best lodging experience in all of Montana. |
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 Zoo Montana Best In, If Not By, 500 Miles
Posted Saturday, August 09 @ 03:00:00 PDT by Dominic
Our editorial board has seen zoos in Shanghai, San Francisco, Seattle, and probably other places for all I can be bothered to recall, so it takes a bit to impress us. The zoo in Billings, Montana did impress us, even if it didn’t knock our collective socks off. It’s a nice place, and a good value, but don’t get too giddy just yet. |
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 Poultry-Themed Baseball All the Rage at Osprey Park
Posted Friday, August 08 @ 23:00:00 PDT by Brendan
If you live in a city with a wide selection of professional sports, you may think of minor league games as little more than events that make parking difficult at unpredictable times for no good reason, but in pro-sports deprived cities, it can be a lot of fun. Businesses get behind it to do promotions and giveaways and attendance is strong. The people are there for the fun of it, not because they’re obsessive about baseball, but they do cheer for well-turned plays. |
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 Deer Lodge Car Museum Floors Parents, Kids, Cars Alike
Posted Thursday, July 31 @ 02:00:00 PDT by Brendan
For those of you late to our Perplexing games, let me take you back some years and tell you that, until just last year, we were a family of journalists entrusted with the noble duty of testing out cars for the media. It wasn’t an easy job, but the benefits were amazing. So I think I speak with the bare minimum authority when it comes to cool cars, and this place had them all over. |
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