For this fire lookout, home is a cabin 20 feet off the ground Brig Malessa spends fire season living in the tower and travels the rest of the year. “I can get by on very little money.” ...

Frisco is on the verge of regaining one of its iconic landmarks, roughly a century after it disappeared. Contractors are ...

Lookout towers became an integral part of the nation’s firefighting apparatus following the devastating Great Burn of 1910 that torched 3 million acres across northern and central Idaho and ...

Sand Mountain needed its lookout tower back. East Zigzag Lookout being burned by a Forest Service ranger in 1965. Many of the historic lookout towers were intentionally burned by the Forest Service.

Nautilus Lookout Tower will feature the longest stainless steel slide in the United States. Participants will sit on a mat as they ride down the enclosed spiral slide as it twists through the ...

Tickets can be purchased online and at the tower when it is open. Hours Regular hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. To learn more, visit the World War II Lookout Tower's website.

Over 170 fire lookout towers remain standing in Idaho. Here are some of towers you can visit, see great views in driving distance from Boise ...