Montana homes

A passion for the West with its varied and verdant terrain lured a Florida man and his father to the wide-open spaces of Montana.  The father-son duo took a couple of summer road trips to explore Big Sky Country.  It was a ranch outside the living ghost town of Virginia City that instantly captured their...

When gifted artist and architect Jerry Locati and his wife Kari bought twenty-four acres of hayfields just seven minutes from downtown Bozeman, their dream was to build a generational-friendly compound that would be a welcoming indoor/outdoor nest for themselves and their two sons Ryan and Daniel. The couple envisioned a residence that would optimize the...

  A sleek, light-filled home near Bozeman, Montana proves that contemporary lines and unexpected colors feel right at home in Big Sky Country. The entry of this home in a prairie setting outside Bozeman was the first inkling that this might not be your average Montana homestead. Through the almost Asian-feeling portal gate, a long...

When the Sundance Kid robbed the local bank and escaped, Red Lodge, Montana, was officially on the map. Over a hundred years later, when Bart and Betsy Butzer decided to steal away and build a second home, they also chose the historic Red Lodge area of Carbon County, Montana. Bart, a retired Target Company executive, was...

When a California couple with a rich ranching pedigree and a devotion to horses decided to put down new family roots in southwestern Montana, they found the ideal property—actually two historical ranches from the 1800s, both steeped in history.  The ranches were adjacent to one another and were bordered on several sides by Forest Service...