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An attractive alpine lake at 8,400 feet that is accessible via a paved road.

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

An old greyhound bus station that's been converted into a movie theater and bar, celebrating cult-classic movies and acting as a hub for Idaho-based independent film production.

This pop-culture shop also offers the chance to become part of their favorite tv show or movie.

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

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

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

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

Two geologically young and nearly circular volcanic subsidence craters, each about a half-mile in diameter, abruptly break the nearly featureless Snake River Plain.

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

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