Wallace is a small yet fascinating town in Idaho’s Silver Valley, world famous for its huge deposits of silver, which gave it the name Silver Capital of the World.

  • Downtown Wallace is the original mining town, beautifully preserved, with original buildings which tell the story of a mining community in 1884.
  • Visitors can take one of many mining tours and go down into the depths of the Earth to see where all the treasure comes from and what the miners had to do to get it out.
  • Nearby is Lookout Pass Ski and Recreation Area, the location of many skiing and hiking trails and the famous mountain bike trail, Route of the Hiawatha Trail.

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