Idaho

  • The statehouse in Boise, Idaho, is geothermally heated from underground hot springs
  • Falling 212 feet and beating out the Niagra Falls of the East, Idaho’s Shoshone Falls is known as the Niagara of The West
  • 63% of Idaho is public land
  • Besides potatoes, Idaho is the #1 producer of trout and lentils in the U.S.
  • Idaho is home to 3,100 miles of rivers – more than any other state
  • Nicknamed The Gem State, Idaho produces 72 types of precious and semi-precious stones
  • C’ouer D’Alene Resort Golf Course is home to the first retractable floating green
  • At around 7,900 feet, Idaho’s Hell’s Canyon is the deepest gorge in the United States, even deeper than the Grand Canyon