I was with Peter(The author of the other review for this book) on his fate filled trip to Idaho, and not only can I attest to the fact that Peter is Boise's biggest fan, but that Idaho for the Curious is the only Idaho guide book period. Idaho for the Curious was more than a meager surface level guide, noting were to stop and what to see, but this book went deeper much deeper. It was the single most influential element making our trip a success. I thought is was a sick joke when Peter heaved his seven hundred four page cannon ball of a guidebook on the floor of my car. (The book on sale here is a more convenient lightweight paperback version.) However, I soon realized how wrong I was and how critical every and I mean every page of this book is. Idaho for the Curious was so in-depth that it covered old ghost towns. The radiator hose on my car could have burst 13.3 miles from the exit to Bliss, and I could have walked the entire way barefoot with gum, bits of windshield glass and melted asphalt tar on my tootsies and been glad the whole way because Idaho for the Curious told not only where the nearest telephone could be found but when it was put there, by whom and why. In other words you can not experience Idaho unless you experience it curiously.