Guess which 2 North Idaho towns place World Property Channel's top four of "Ten Top Mountain Towns of America"? Give up? OK, I'll tell you -- Coeur d'Alene and Sandpoint. Of Coeur d'Alene, World Property Channel sez: "Coeur D'Alene is cobbled sidewalks and gas-lit streetlamps and green awnings and red-brick storefronts, behind which lie attractive little shops, eateries, and galleries. It sits on an ice-blue alpine lake with 125 miles of shoreline, from which rise 7,000-foot mountains covered in deep-green forest. Jutting out into Lake Coeur D'Alene is Tubbs Hill, a rocky, forested peninsula offering stunning views around every turn. People come here to hike, rock-climb, picnic on ledges overlooking the lake, row, sail, canoe, or kayak, with bald eagles flying overhead. A half-hour from town is "The Route of the Hiawatha," a long-abandoned railroad track through a series of tunnels and 1,000-foot high wooden trestles, now one of America's most unusual mountain-bike routes. Back in town, the Coeur D'Alene Resort sits at the foot of the lake. More here.

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