Laninga's Travel Blog

Deer Lodge is a small town on Highway 90 that you can easily miss. But you really should stop, there is a lot to see. This was the original home of Montana’s first prison. Now closed, it is an interesting museum of old style prisons, and the political shenanigans that went into building it. But there is more, much more.

One ticket price gets you into the prison museum, but also four others. These include the Wild West, Yesterday’s Toys, an old town replica, and a most excellent car museum. We’ve seen it before but made a point of stopping by to visit these artifacts of our (and our parents) youth.

Here is a small sample of some pictures of our visit.