Surrounded by the southernmost peaks of the Selkirk Mountains, Post Falls is a city with a history defined by the Spokane River. This watercourse drains the immense Lake Coeur d’Alene a few miles to the east, and in Post Falls weaves its way through a rugged canyon and picture-perfect banks under a cloak of ponderosa …
The largest city in North Idaho has a perfect location on the north shore of a massive glacial lake encircled by dark wooded mountains. No surprise then that Coeur d’Alene is a destination for outdoor fun. You can hike or cycle in beautiful landscapes, ride a zipline across the forest canopy, play a round of …
In Southern Idaho, the city of Twin Falls has a marvelous setting, perched on the southern rim of the mighty Snake River Canyon. This epic chasm, with rough-hewn rhyolite and basalt walls, extends for 50 miles and descends to a depth of 500 feet. The canyon floor was made farmable in the late-19th century, and …
Half an hour west of Boise, Caldwell is a former frontier town on a natural corridor that allowed passage to the Pacific Northwest long before settlement in the 19th century. With fertile volcanic soils, and rolling, sun-baked slopes, the landscapes all around Caldwell are given over to agriculture. For visitors it’s an agritourism paradise, with …
At the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater Rivers and on the state line between Idaho and Washington, this working city has an economy driven by the timber, paper and ammunition industries. The mighty Snake River is navigable here, and Lewiston has the distinction of being the farthest inland port east of the west coast, …
In the Boise Metropolitan Area, the city of Eagle is a fast, growing, affluent suburb directly northwest of Idaho’s state capital. Eagle’s population has increased by a factor of ten since 1990, and the city has taken care to provide ample space for recreation, while amenities and attractions like golf courses, wineries, upscale malls and …
In a landscape of fertile rolling hills on the Idaho-Washington boundary, Moscow is the county seat of Latah County and the home of the University of Idaho, founded in the early 1890s. The city has a cozy downtown with historic brick buildings from the turn of the 20th century and lots of community events, like …
Part of the fast-growing Boise Metropolitan Area, Kuna is a city of around 25,000, with a population that has more than quadrupled since 2000. Travel south, east or west of Kuna and you’ll be in open and sparsely-populated country, with an immense National Conservation Area protecting the rugged Snake River Canyon to the south. In …
An eastern suburb of Idaho Falls, Ammon is a burgeoning city with a population that has tripled since 2000. And while Ammon has excellent amenities, including several parks, a mall, multiplex cinema and several shopping plazas, being contiguous with the commercial and cultural hub for Eastern Idaho brings plenty of advantages. Idaho Falls has been …
Known as Eagle Rock in the 19th century, the city of Idaho Falls got its name from a man-made waterfall created for a hydroelectric plant on the Snake River in the 1890s. The city takes a lot of pride in its famous river, which can be admired from paths along both banks and linking a …