The historic town of Molson, is near the border with Canada in north central Washington State. It is preserved as a heritage town of this region, and is known as Washington's best known almost-ghost town.

It is located 14 miles east of Oroville. In its heyday, there was a newspaper, three general stores, three saloons, a dance hall, a hotel, and more.

Molson was originally a gold mining boom-town founded by the Molson Family of Montreal. It served as a trading center and home for the miners until the boom ended in the late 1890s and its population plunged until the area opened to homesteaders in 1900. A new boom occurred in the early 1900s when the Great Northern Railway came directly through town and contributed to the construction in 1914 of an amazing 3 storey brick school house and a brick recreation center.