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The Lost Hotel

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  • King George digs in search of riches at the site of an opulent Victorian hotel called the Broadwater in Helena, Montana, the boom town of Montana mining country in the late 1800s. Although the hotel was demolished in the 1970s, the grounds are surely rife with treasures from the hotel's heyday.
  • Ringy reaches into the ground after getting a loud, high-pitched sound in his detector headphones.
  • KG celebrates after finding some
  • KG keeps digging in search of scandalous artifacts for the Broadwell Hotel's history museum.
  • Production archaeologist Kate Culpepper expertly catalogues the findings.
  • KG finds a relic from the speakeasy that used to sit on the property.
  • KG tries to eat the relic.
  • All the findings of the day have been meticulously labeled after being measured and catalogued by the production archaeologist.
  • Ruins of the historic Broadwell Hotel left behind in Helena, Montana
  • Ringy beats the summer heat by jumping fully clothed into a fountain.

  • Digging For Riches

    Photograph by Cory Adcock-Camp / National Geographic Channels

    King George digs in search of riches at the site of an opulent Victorian hotel called the Broadwater in Helena, Montana, the boom town of Montana mining country in the late 1800s. Although the hotel was demolished in the 1970s, the grounds are surely rife with treasures from the hotel's heyday.

  • In the Dirt

    Photograph by Cory Adcock-Camp / National Geographic Channels

    Ringy reaches into the ground after getting a loud, high-pitched sound in his detector headphones.

  • Struck Silver

    Photograph by Cory Adcock-Camp / National Geographic Channels

    KG celebrates after finding some "ster" (sterling silver) on the grounds of the historic Broadwell Hotel.

  • The Hunt Continues

    Photograph by Cory Adcock-Camp / National Geographic Channels

    KG keeps digging in search of scandalous artifacts for the Broadwell Hotel's history museum.

  • Archaeologist at Work

    Photograph by Cory Adcock-Camp / National Geographic Channels

    Production archaeologist Kate Culpepper expertly catalogs the findings.

  • Speakeasy Relic

    Photograph by Cory Adcock-Camp / National Geographic Channels

    KG finds a relic from the speakeasy that used to sit on the property.

  • Hungry for History

    Photograph by Cory Adcock-Camp / National Geographic Channels

    KG tries to eat the relic.

  • Inventory

    Photograph by Cory Adcock-Camp / National Geographic Channels

    All the findings of the day have been meticulously labeled after being measured and cataloged by the production archaeologist.

  • Ghosts of the Gilded Age

    Photograph by Cory Adcock-Camp / National Geographic Channels

    Ruins of the historic Broadwell Hotel left behind in Helena, Montana

  • Bathtime

    Photograph by Cory Adcock-Camp / National Geographic Channels

    Ringy beats the summer heat by jumping fully clothed into a fountain.

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