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

Rare and gorgeous birds abound in this protected wildlife sanctuary.

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.

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

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

A creek tumbles over a series of step-like rocks to create this scenic water feature.

This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

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

After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.

Home to a timed geyser created by complete accident.

This set of hot springs also comes with fantastic views.

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

A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.

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.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

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

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

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