43 places found

Lewiston, Idaho
Built in 1907 as a Methodist church before becoming a theater in 1972, this building on Main Street is tied to one of Lewiston's most…

Custer County, Idaho
Deep in the central Idaho wilderness, Loon Creek was the site of an 1869-70 gold rush that drew hundreds of miners to the area. Local…

Malad City, Idaho
Malad City was settled in 1856 by a party of Latter-day Saint families sent by Brigham Young, and grew to become the fastest-growing…

Marsing, Idaho
Visitors entering this cemetery at night describe a sudden feeling of being closed in, along with flashes of dancing light over the…

Boise, Idaho
The Old Idaho Penitentiary operated from 1872 to 1973, housing more than 13,000 prisoners over its history and seeing escapes and scandals…

Kimama, Idaho
Kimama was settled in the early 1900s by Volga German and Black Sea German immigrants who took up some of the last homesteads available…

Twin Falls, Idaho
The Old Towne Bridge crosses Rock Creek on Shoshone Street South in Twin Falls, on the site of the old wooden "Singing Bridge," replaced in…

Emmett, Idaho
According to local legend, a woman hanged herself at Emmett's Plaza Bridge long ago, and her shadow is still sometimes reported along the…

Rexburg, Idaho
BYU-Idaho, founded as Ricks College, is said to be haunted by the ghost of a female student murdered on campus decades ago, most often…

Mountain Home, Idaho
Rocky Bar was a gold camp founded in 1863 that grew to more than 2,500 people, served as county seat of Alturas County from 1864 to 1882,…

Idaho Falls, Idaho
Rose Hill Cemetery carries two local legends. The first involves a large, above-ground square tomb that's said to knock back if you knock…

Caldwell, Idaho
The Saratoga Hotel, a three-story Chateau-style hotel built in 1904 on Main Street in Caldwell, was one of the largest hotels in the…

Shoshone, Idaho
At the Shoshone Ice Caves, staff and visitors have reported hearing voices and heavy footsteps deep in the caves when no one else is…

Murtaugh, Idaho
Built in 1908, Sidewinders has served for most of its history as Murtaugh's main gathering spot — message center, watering hole, card room,…

Murphy, Idaho
Silver City was a gold and silver town in the Owyhee Mountains that held about 2,500 people in the 1880s and served as the Owyhee County…

Kimberly, Idaho
At Stricker Ranch, visitors report seeing figures running through the open field at certain times of night, along with a particular cabin…

Twin Falls, Idaho
This building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, once operated as a flour mill — Twin Falls was home to one of the…

McCall, Idaho
Warren began as Warren's Diggings after an 1862 gold find, and Chinese miners, who bought the claims and worked them profitably, were the…

Baker Creek, Idaho
The Wood River mining district drew thousands of fortune hunters after silver-lead ore was discovered near Galena Summit in 1879, and Baker…