Since 2012, Boise has been ringing in each new year by lowering a 17-foot potato from a crane in downtown Boise. The spud wears white wings and is illuminated, dubbing it the “GlowTato”.
The Idaho Potato Drop has brought Boise national recognition. USA Today ranked the event as the second best New Years Eve celebration in the nation several years in a row.
Rupert, Idaho is counting down to midnight with another root vegetable…