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2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Shoshone, Idaho

Updated March 2, 2023

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Shoshone, Idaho

Shoshone Bird Museum of Natural History

Three generations of intrepid collectors display their curious artifacts in a homemade museum right next to the caves they discovered.

Outside cave, showing other end of collapsed lava tube.

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Shoshone Ice Caves

This underground cave located in the most barren reaches of Idaho is filled with ice year-round.

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Minidoka National Historic Site

During World War II, over 13,000 people of Japanese ancestry were forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated in this camp in the Idaho desert.

19 miles from Shoshone

Looking down the Gorge from the footbridge at its head.

Tuttle, Idaho

Malad Gorge

Some 46,000 years ago, a volcanic eruption led to a flooding event that carved this short canyon with steep vertical walls.

23 miles from Shoshone

Wendell, Idaho

Niagara Springs

An impressive waterfall nestled in the cliffs of Idaho's Snake River Canyon.

23 miles from Shoshone

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I. B. Perrine Bridge

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.

23 miles from Shoshone

Twin Falls, Idaho

Evel Knievel's Snake River Canyon Jump Site

Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.

23 miles from Shoshone

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2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Shoshone, Idaho

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Shoshone Bird Museum of Natural History

Shoshone, Idaho

Shoshone Ice Caves

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Minidoka National Historic Site

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Niagara Springs

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