Discover the Unique Things to do in Montana

18 The World Museum of Mining

Keep heading south from Helena to get to Butte, and then make your way to the World Museum of Mining for a unique look into an important part of southwest Montana's history. Explore Butte's heritage of copper mining by studying the 50 exhibit buildings and plenty of artifacts. If you pay a little extra, you can go underground into a real decommissioned mine to get an idea of what a day of work was like for the miners of Butte.