You may know that there's a move afoot to update the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. But did you know that the Idaho Statesman has asked readers to help compile the Seven Wonders of Idaho? Not to be outdone, Huckleberries Online (HBO) asked readers to name their own wonders, figuring that the Statesman wouldn't name anything north of Sun Valley. Lakes Coeur d'Alene, Pend Oreille and Priest topped HBO's list. Contrary to Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce promos, several said Priest Lake is the best of the North Idaho lakes in terms of beauty and water quality. Colleague Jim Hagengruber said Long Canyon, between Bonners Ferry and the Canadian border should top the seven-wonders list: "The alpine, upper portions are spectacular on their own, but the canyon depths are like no other place I've seen: redwood-sized cedars, a gin-clear creek and electric-green moss covering everything. In some places, the moss is ankle deep." Other suggestions: The Palouse (as viewed from Steptoe or Kamiak Butte), Kibbie Dome, and the UI administration building (Family Phil Corless), Silver Valley Mining District (James Bond), Coeur d'Alene Resort Boardwalk (James Bond), the view from the top of Whitebird Grade (Gary Ingram), Idaho portion of Yellowstone National Park (Howard Martinson), and Sawtooths, Craters of the Moon and Ice Caves (OfCoffee). Also from OfCoffee, the HBO pseudonym of a local businessman who suggested a nominee that no one topped: "My wife."

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