Boise travel guide
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Boise has heated parts of downtown with geothermal water since 1892, the first such system in the United States and still running. The Greenbelt follows the river for forty kilometres of cycle path.
The Basque Block on Grove Street belongs to the largest Basque community in the country, descended from sheepherders. The Sawtooth mountains and their hot springs are two hours northeast.
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Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
The Catholic cathedral of Idaho and seat of the diocese of Boise, built of local sandstone in Romanesque revival form. It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and the rest of its parish block followed in 1982 within the Fort Street historic district.
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