Interesting to look at old items especially with your kids to see if they know what it is. Stumped mine a few times!

If you are looking for a outdoor destination to get away from people this unfortunately is not the place to go to like I thought. ATV and Dirt bike riding is the mainstay of the areas activity and all you here is the noise from them even 20 miles outside of town in the mountains. It is a beautiful are for the most part however a massive fire destroyed hundreds of thousands of acer of forest north of the city and if your into looking at burnt pine trees then your dreams will definitely come true. People are nice and not much to do in the town if your into activities of that type. The town does have several old western looking buildings a small museum that was never opened. So It is an experience to see and visit but it is not the quite old western town it is advertised to be in my opinion.

Take the time to visit this little museum. It is interesting and enhances the experience of visiting this historic town.

The views, the history, the town. If you gone ta the trouble of lookin' it up yer gonna want-ta get yer facts straight % of de time. And this here place makes it happen for ya that many times, 100%. Wiols yer out walking checkem out fer yourself how sweet this town is. ..... Ok, ok, you gotta know that during your search of great historical facts and towns that Idaho City Idaho would come up and plain and simple this is one nice history bound stop. Enjoy

The BBM has been around for decades. The collection is quite small but does include the Pon Yam house next door which is a restored building owned by a well known local Chinese resident from the late 1800s. Excellent collection of local Chinese mining history and artifacts. The main museum could use some updating and additional artifacts and historical interpretations.