Smelterville, ID

Smelterville is a small mining town along I-90 in Idaho's Silver Valley, about 50 miles east of Coeur d'Alene. Take Exit 45 off the interstate to reach this community of 668 people nestled between forested mountains. The town connects to neighboring Kellogg via Highway 10, and the towering concrete smokestack from the old Bunker Hill smelter still dominates the skyline at 365 feet tall.