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A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

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

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

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

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.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Dance on a hand-hewn log floor padded with bouncy boxcar springs at a saloon built in 1883.

The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.

At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.

The easiest way to the highest point in Wyoming is only accessible via one hefty fee.

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.

A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."