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The record for Idaho opens with Old Idaho Penitentiary, Egyptian Theatre and Cataldo Mission — the deepest files in the jurisdiction. The most-filed claim types here are Apparition (13 dossiers), Named Ghost Legend (5) and Reported Anomalies (3). Of its 29 sites, 20 are listed as open to the public — confirm access before visiting. The oldest dated entry is Old Idaho Penitentiary, established 1872.

Counties:Lemhi Co. 3
By filing type:Ghost towns13
Prison
High confidence

Old Idaho Penitentiary

Boise, Idaho

Historic prison associated with reported whispers.

5 claims · 4 legends→
Theater
Medium

Egyptian Theatre

Boise, Idaho

Theatre with projectionist ghost folklore.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Cataldo Mission

Cataldo, Idaho

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Ghost Town
Medium

Silver City

Silver City, Idaho

Partially inhabited historic mining settlement.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Town
Medium

Wallace

Wallace, Idaho

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Ghost Town
Medium

Custer

Challis, Idaho

The Yankee Fork camp—preserved with the dredge.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Ghost Town
Medium

Thunder Mountain / Roosevelt

Yellow Pine, Idaho

The mining town swallowed by a lake and a landslide.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Lake
Medium

Payette Lake (Sharlie)

McCall, Idaho

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

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic Town
Medium

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→
Dredge
Medium

Yankee Fork Gold Dredge

Stanley, Idaho

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

1 claim · 1 legend→
Hospital
Medium

State Hospital South

Blackfoot, Idaho

Idaho’s 1886 territorial asylum—the "Insane Asylum" that outlasted the name.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Ghost Town
Medium

Bonanza

Challis, Idaho

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

1 claim→
Ghost Town
Medium

Burke

Wallace, Idaho

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

1 claim→
Ghost Town
Medium

Atlanta

Atlanta, Idaho

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

1 claim→
Ghost Town
Medium

Florence

Riggins, Idaho

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

1 claim→
Town
Medium

Pierce

Pierce, Idaho

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

1 claim→
Site
Medium

Minidoka

Jerome, Idaho

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

1 claim→
Ghost Town
Medium

Bayhorse

Bayhorse, Idaho

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

2 facts→
Massacre Memorial
High confidence

Bear River Massacre Site

Preston, Idaho

Interpretive memorial near Preston for the 1863 Shoshone massacre.

2 facts→
Incarceration Site
Medium

Minidoka National Historic Site

Jerome, Idaho

Rural former incarceration camp with preserved interpretive grounds.

2 facts→
Ghost Town
Low

Chesterfield

Chesterfield, Idaho

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

1 fact→
Former College
Low

Albion State Normal School

Albion, Idaho

Former college campus reused for staged haunted attractions.

1 fact→
Ghost Town
Medium

Rocky Bar

Rocky Bar, Idaho

Former mining camp with preserved community architecture.

1 fact→
Ghost Town
Low

Gilmore

Gilmore, Idaho

Former mining and railway settlement.

1 fact→
Ghost Town
Low

Leesburg

Leesburg, Idaho

Former gold-mining settlement near Salmon.

1 fact→
Ghost Town
Low

Nicholia

Leadore, Idaho

Former smelter settlement in Birch Creek Valley.

1 fact→
Industrial Ruins
Medium

Birch Creek Charcoal Kilns

Leadore, Idaho

Surviving beehive kilns associated with a vanished industrial settlement.

1 fact→
Former Industrial Settlement
Low

Woodland — Birch Creek Kiln Settlement

Leadore, Idaho

Vanished settlement associated with charcoal production.

1 fact→
Historic Settlement
Low

Burgdorf

Burgdorf, Idaho

Former mining community with surviving cabins and hot springs.

1 fact→