I see your nap spot now.

Where did you take a nap? Did they have lounge chairs by the hot springs?

The smokestack was completed in 1919, funded by a wealthy corporation. I suspect the scaffold had an electric lift for moving bricks and laborers. It would be interesting to see a photo of the smokestack under construction.

A Montana pasty better than an Upper Peninsula pasty? THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!

Whenever I see something like that I wonder what sort of scaffolding they had then and how the brickies hauled the bricks up to the top.

My Samsung Galaxy S21 camera has 3 "optimization" settings. I have it set to the maximum optimization setting. I'm so pleased with the results that I seldom feel the need to edit the images afterwards. Images optimized by the phone seem to closely match what my eye saw.

No filters or post-processing of this photo. It was 3X telephoto. I did walk off the pavement to get the fence out of the photo-I typically do that multiple times per day.
I imagine the grass is green now because the snow only melted a month ago. During this trip I didn't really think about the fact that I was there during the greenest time of year.

Cool shot. I sometimes try to see if I can locate the spot that a photo was taken - just a game I play, as a Geologist I used to do a lot of aerial photo interpretation of landforms, but today's software is light years ahead - using Google Earth's street view I try to locate the same perspective from which a photo was taken. I was able to locate the exact spot you shot this from, I could tell that you shot over the fence to exclude it from the photo - or you used a telephoto or you cropped it in post-processing. The Google Earth street view is from August 2019, the grass is a lot greener in your photo in June. I think you are using a polarizing filter, or else enhancing the colors a bit in post-processing to make them pop - either way, it looks good. Great photo.

Yes, I read a lot about the two main copper barons Marcus Daly and William Clark.
The environmental cleanup is almost complete. The site was added to the Superfund list in 1983. Not sure when work began, but it's scheduled to finish in late 2026. Only one small area is still uncovered.

Copper barons, that's who. That rounded hill is smelter tailings and poisonous leavings blew far and wide for over a century.

The 1891 date suggests that it's a live theatre.
I didn't see any marquee or posters about movies.

Is that a movie theatre? Or live acting?

Chest pain - might be worth a medical check up now you are home.

I'm glad Phillipsburg was worth the stop. The chest pain thing is concerning!

The Hoosgow looks like it would be safe from a bear attack.