First, get the potato jokes and ideas out of the way. Southern Idaho does have farming but you will find Boise to be quite the modern city and Moscow is a college town. North Idaho, where I have a house and one of my sons lives, is gold, silver, and other mining all the way. It has a long history of mining with all the rowdiness, pockets of wealth, violence, and growth that goes with it. Of course, much of that is in the past now. But, there is nothing boring about Idaho.
Then there are the mountains, valleys, canyons, lakes, rivers, and tons of trees that make it such a beautiful place to camp for a weekend or a lifetime. The skiing, fishing, hiking, biking, boating, camping, snowmobiling, hunting, etc. cannot be beat. It is world-class and draws people from all over the U.S. Many a famous movie star has a “place” in Idaho or nearby Montana.
Silver Mountain in Kellogg, ID is noted for it’s skiing, biking, gondola ride to the top, and summer concerts with big-name stars of music, both past and present. I saw Kenny Chesney play up there myself.