Sanctuary: Homes and Resorts is among ORO Editions’ latest books to explore inspired architecture and design. The book features 16 projects by de Reus Architects, in such locations as Hawaii, Mexico, and the Pacific Northwest. Each project explores the interplay between nature, craft, and the...
I put down my walnut pipe and inky zinfandel, rose from our blazing sage campfire, and scanned the horizon for emerging bats. As the western sky melted into a psychedelic watercolor of pink, purple, and orange, last light washed over the highest limestone towers above...
Founded in 2016 by Maggie Benedetti, who was working as a mental health counselor and social worker at the time, Wild Hearts Idaho provides outdoor adventure opportunities for girls ages 12 to 18. After years working with young women in crisis, Benedetti realized the need...
On a late summer morning in southern Idaho, our campground neighbors hang a “Happy Birthday” banner from the awning of their trailer. They are the kind of empty nesters I aspire to be; tanned and fit, they began the day kayaking in the lake and...
As I detour from Interstate 90 and drive down the rural road toward Fishtail, Montana, my daily concerns diminish to distant contours in the rearview mirror, and my focus turns to the colorful frame ahead. Like scenes in a motion picture, images from the road can...
The antique mall below Last Chance Gulch in Helena, Montana is full of temptations. Myriad treasures fill the rooms, many beyond price. An enormous glass bowl full of colorful matchbooks draws my eye. Atop them lies a tattered brown book. About the size of a...
Architecture Reid Smith Architects Construction Schlauch Bottcher Construction Interior Design Mimi Snowden Design On a 1,000-acre site east of Manhattan, Montana lies a quintessential Western ranch house. It’s a site that borders the trout waters of the Gallatin River. A creek, also good for fishing, wanders through the property, and an...
Lane Timothy rekindled his love of painting when, after years of mainstream commercial success, he realized he needed a change. What he needed was Montana. In this return home to find himself, he would leave slick magazine covers and photo shoots to dig into his...
Most music aficionados don’t think of Montana — let alone Havre, Montana — as a hotbed of sonic Americana, but Dave Martens is changing that view. Martens is a Havre native, a pedal steel player, and the curator of a music archive he calls Lost...
“We’re not mad geniuses, that’s for damn sure. We just know what we like and what we feel dignified in producing. And also what we’re good at.” On a recent Wednesday morning, two of the three owners of Brasserie Porte Rouge sat in the filtered light...