West — open filings

Open to visit in Idaho

20 dossiers in Idaho carry the open to the public filing — the legend is on record and the door, per the last source, is open. Access is a filing, not a guarantee: hours, tickets and seasonality live with the venue. Everything else in the archive stays documented but admired from the legal distance.

20 open dossiers2 counties coveredOld Idaho Penitentiary — deepest file

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High confidence

Old Idaho Penitentiary

Historic prison associated with reported whispers.

5 claims · 4 legends→

Egyptian Theatre

Theatre with projectionist ghost folklore.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Cataldo Mission

The 1850s Jesuit mission—Idaho’s oldest standing building.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Silver City

Silver City, Idaho

Partially inhabited historic mining settlement.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Wallace

The "Silver Capital of the World"—where the bordellos stayed open until 1991.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Custer

The Yankee Fork camp—preserved with the dredge.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Thunder Mountain / Roosevelt

Yellow Pine, Idaho

The mining town swallowed by a lake and a landslide.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Payette Lake (Sharlie)

Idaho’s other lake monster—Sharlie of Payette Lake.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Idaho City

Idaho City, Idaho

The Boise Basin’s 1862 gold capital—7,000 people in 18 months, then the fires.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Yankee Fork Gold Dredge

The 1940 dredge that ate the Yankee Fork—and the ghost towns it left.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Bonanza

The twin camp to Custer—burned twice, still standing.

Burke

The town built in the canyon—the Tiger Hotel straddled the creek.

Atlanta

The Atlanta lode camp—still alive in the Sawtooth backcountry.

Florence

The 1861 camp that died in a year—where the graves are the story.

Pierce

The 1860 camp—where Idaho’s gold rush began.

Minidoka

The sagebrush camp—13,000 in the Snake River plain.

Bayhorse

Bayhorse, Idaho

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

Massacre Memorial

High confidence

Bear River Massacre Site

Interpretive memorial near Preston for the 1863 Shoshone massacre.

Incarceration Site

Minidoka National Historic Site

Rural former incarceration camp with preserved interpretive grounds.

Industrial Ruins

Birch Creek Charcoal Kilns

Surviving beehive kilns associated with a vanished industrial settlement.

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Record last amended October 2, 2026