New Plymouth, Idaho is the only U-shaped town in the United States.

It was once used as a classroom to teach mining skills to local high school students.

This landmark is a central figure in the Nez Perce origin story.

Birdhouses, peacocks, animal sculptures, and a graveyard are all found along this eclectic nature trail.

This highest peak in Idaho can only be reached by traversing a formation known as "Chicken-Out Ridge."

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

These century-old beehive-shaped kilns were built to produce charcoal for nearby mines.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

A classic mystery spot complete with spots that are said to make you shrink or grow when you stand on them.

This record-setting hydraulic dam in the Montana badlands was one of FDR's most ambitious public works.

For thousands of years, Native American hunters drove buffalo straight off this cliff in Montana's Yellowstone Country.

A collection of 16,000 antlers crammed beautifully into a small shed.

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

The highest point in Montana is as rugged and singular as the state itself.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."