Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Idaho

While in Idaho, you might enjoy a visit to:

A museum that sings the praises of an under-appreciated tuber. Features the world's largest potato chip and the world's largest styrofoam potato.
~22 miles from Pocatello.

First erupted in 1937, when a local man drilling for heated water for a swimming pool punctured an underground chamber. Now on a timer so it erupts every hour, on the hour -- unless it's windy.
~45 miles from Pocatello.

Rigby was the boyhood home of Philo Farnsworth, who invented TV. His mementoes are on display in the local historical museum.
~61 miles from Pocatello.

Displays a model and mud-caked items salvaged after the Teton Dam burst in 1976, and a nine-foot wall of water turned Rexburg into Mudville.
~74 miles from Pocatello.

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