In her second career, Patricia Albert makes artful, often beautifully elaborate cakes that have positioned her as a highly sought baker in the Flathead wedding industry and beyond

The only thing that’s crystal clear in the story of the martini is that it goes down smooth

Four decades ago, the Outlaw Inn was the glimmering star of Kalispell, home to movie stars, major film productions and, unfortunately, one of Hollywood’s most notorious flops

The design of a Swan River cabin remodel is centered around the homeowners’ extensive art collection

Chef Melissa Mangold takes over the kitchen at one of Whitefish’s most popular restaurants

Andy Dunnigan took a different path to musical success than his father, John, but all roads lead back to where it started: a Flathead home filled with music and love

The late Betty Wetzel, a Bigfork writer who passed away in 2018, wrote this personal essay about surviving the 1918 pandemic as a child. One of Wetzel’s daughters discovered the unpublished piece, written in the mid-1990s, while sorting through her mother’s work and shared it with Flathead Living.

The life and legacy of Mabel Lydston, a generous brothel operator and widely respected community leader during the Hungry Horse Dam boom days

The famed director spent the summer of 1989 filming the romantic comedy-drama "Always" in Northwest Montana, utilizing both the scenery and the local residents

Over seven decades, Larry Wilson has watched the remote North Fork evolve in ways both obvious and subtle, and he has spent his life working to channel those changes to the benefit of this wild and rustic place he calls home

Curating and customizing the area that tends to be the primary gathering space of any home

Kalispell restaurant offers bánh mì sandwiches and specialty Vietnamese coffee

An excellent example of a turn-of-the-20th-century idea reimagined for a modern cocktail audience

Photographer Bret Bouda has spent what seems like a lifetime photographing Glacier National Park and the Flathead Valley, but before he arrived in Northwest Montana he could not have been further from home

Orion and Ellie Heyman mix fine-dining quality with a casual setting at Wich Haus in Whitefish