We got a fascinating look at Nez Perce culture and history at the Spalding Visitors Center, the headquarters of the Nez Perce National Historical Park, located in Spalding in northwestern Idaho. Read the rest of this entry »

Old-west history buffs will enjoy northern Idaho's Old Mission State Park, where a cathedral-like church rose in the 1850s almost like a miracle in the wilderness.

The state's oldest standing building, the Old Mission church was hand-built by Jesuit priests and the local Coeur d'Alene Indians–without using a single nail! Read the rest of this entry »

At the Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa, Idaho, I got a fascinating look at flight, from World War I through future space-age research. It's housed in a 20,000-square-foot building located, appropriately enough, right next to the airport. Read the rest of this entry »

If you're a meat-and-potatoes lover, you'll enjoy a visit to the Idaho Potato Expo in Blackfoot. The town bills itself as the Potato Capital of the World–it's in Bingham County, which produces more spuds than any other in the U.S. Read the rest of this entry »

Following the trail of Lewis and Clark, my husband, Cliff, and I stopped for coffee in Weippe, Idaho, a hamlet on the high mountain prairie where the Nez Perce fed the starving Corps of Discovery in 1805.

Walking up a slight hill from First Stop Java, I entered Cyndy's Echoes of the Past. The realistic-looking dolls that owner Cyndy Koerling sculpts and dresses in authentic Nez Perce fashion were amazing. Even the infants on flat cradleboards wear beautiful beaded leather covers! Read the rest of this entry »