What makes the town interesting is that, around twenty years ago, an interstate was planned to rip through the town. Powerful families (a thing in Idaho) steered the highway (I-90) above the town on elevated ramps. The entire town was then designated as an historic preservation area and, as a result, most of it is very well preserved.
Its almost as if a Chernobyl-style emergency evacuated the town in 1950 and everyone left. This is one of those areas that definitely has that Northwest, 'Twin Peaks' style eeriness. I loved it!
