travel boise

Not long after, still 1916, a circus came through Mountain Home. A monkey decided to retire from his life in the circus and escaped. He was found later in the desert of Mountain Home, well after the traveling circus had moved on.

Today is National Zoo Lovers Day. Zoo Boise is unique and nationally recognized for their incredible conservation efforts with animals. How the zoo got started is a very different and crazy story. A monkey decided to retire from his life in the circus...

Boise is full of history. The Oregon Trail literally runs through the middle of town. There's the Pioneer Village at the Idaho State Museum and the Basque Cultural Center. There's the Boise Diversion Dam and the Boise Depot, and what is now the most famous of our historical sites, the Old Idaho Penitentiary...