Golden, Colorado
Mines Museum of Earth Science
An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.
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Golden, Colorado
An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.
Morrison, Colorado
See 150 million-year-old dinosaur tracks and bones dating back to the Jurassic period.
Denver, Colorado
One of three remaining theatres in the United States created in the Art Deco Mayan Revival style.
Denver, Colorado
One of the oldest art supply stores in the United States.
Denver, Colorado
Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver’s oldest watering holes.
Lakeside, Colorado
One of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the U.S. is an open-air museum of Art Deco and neon lights.
Denver, Colorado
In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.
Fort Collins, Colorado
Built in 1981 in collaboration with Andy Warhol, this giant piece of pop art stands on the campus of Colorado State University.
Fort Collins, Colorado
For 14 years, this former stray dog greeted every train passenger that arrived in Fort Collins.
Burlington, Colorado
One of few remaining antique carousels with stationary animals in the U.S.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Evergreen, Colorado
The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.
Fairplay, Colorado
This open-air reconstruction of an Old West town, a cross between a theme park and a museum, provides an immersive historical experience.
Leadville, Colorado
At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.
Breckenridge, Colorado
The home of a formerly enslaved man who went on to become a prospector, entrepreneur, and activist for Black rights.
Monte Vista, Colorado
Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.
Chimney Rock, Colorado
Two tall rocks sit at the center of this site, once the home of a large Ancestral Puebloan community.
Towaoc, Colorado
Ute tour guides have been sharing the ancient dwellings and rock art inside this large park with visitors for more than 40 years.
Stratton, Colorado
When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.
Golden, Colorado
The warmth and creative kitsch of a quilt engulf every patron who visits.
Leadville, Colorado
In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.
San Luis, Colorado
This shrine is an ode to the region's rich Hispanic heritage.
Grover, Colorado
On the edge of grassland in northeastern Colorado, these rock formations are some of the few remnants of a high plain that has eroded away over millions of years.
Sedalia, Colorado
This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.