 Metaline Falls was officially incorporated on 13 May 1911.The train sequences of the 1993 film "Benny & Joon" were filmed in the Metaline Falls area; the 1997 film "The Postman" was filmed in part in the area.The town's geographic location is similar to that of the fictitious town of Twin Peaks from the TV series of the same name ("Five miles south of the Canadian border, twelve miles west of the state line").