Boise: Egyptian Theatre, Sagebrush Trails and the Semiconductor City
Browse the Egyptian Revival movie palace and Idanha Hotel in Old Boise, hike the Ridge to Rivers 190-mile foothill trail system, taste Snake River Valley wines from Idaho vineyards, learn about Minidoka Japanese American incarceration at the History Museum, plan a Sawtooth Mountains alpine lake trip, and understand how Micron Technology made this mountain city a semiconductor capital.
Boise: Astronaut Training Lava Fields, Blue Football Turf and a Food Scene on the Rise
Learn Shoshone-Bannock Snake River Plain heritage, walk the Apollo astronaut geological training site at Craters of the Moon, see the famous blue turf at Boise State Albertsons Stadium, eat at Treasure Valley farm-to-table restaurants, raft Class V whitewater on the Payette River, and catch Shakespeare outdoors near Lucky Peak Reservoir.
Boise: Basque Shepherds, Geothermal Capitol and North America Raptor Capital
Eat pintxos on the Basque Block, tube the Boise River Greenbelt trail that became a national planning model, walk the geothermally heated state capitol marble floors, catch the Treefort Music Festival, ski the community-owned Bogus Basin mountain, and watch 800 nesting raptor pairs in the Snake River canyon.