Freak Alley in Boise, ID

My favorite place to visit whenever we stop in Boise (besides my grandma’s house when she was alive) is Freak Alley. This amazing alley located in the middle of downtown is full of murals painted by many artists. It has been amazing to watch over the past several years how the alley has obviously been embraced by the powers-that-be in the city. It is now well lit by street lights, it has been repaved, and it’s very clean. When we first visited it in 2016, the man who led the project was out there at night sweeping the alley, and nothing was really happening in the neighborhood at night. Tonight the area was HOPPING, with street musicians and several restaurants with outdoor seating up and down a block at one end of the alley. And that block was closed off to vehicles. How cool to see how that art-filled alley has energized this neighborhood!Read more