Places donnatalarico Wants to Go

With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."

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

This giant tower beacon was a key navigation tool for pilots delivering mail amid the night skies.

This combination shop and museum is filled with curious items and artifacts.

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

This work of art by Matthew Mazzotta resides in this park dedicated to the first black legislator in Idaho.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

This set of hot springs also comes with fantastic views.

Tucked away on a scenic trail, a modest memorial honors one of the greatest writers of our time.

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

Home to a timed geyser created by complete accident.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

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

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

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

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

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

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

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

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

A tiny village is home to the world's only diner completely devoted to the many varieties of traditional Swedish dumplings.

The concrete skeletons of an abandoned Swedish town hide among the trees.