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rolfdenver

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Thru hiker, geocacher, volunteer park ranger, telemark skiing, history buff

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Look for the gnome!

Denver, Colorado

Hidden Elves at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

Statues and headstones mark the final resting place of Denver's early pioneers.

Denver, Colorado

Riverside Cemetery

The oldest operating cemetery in Denver is the eternal home of some of the Centennial State's most famous residents.

Forney Transportation Museum

Denver, Colorado

Forney Transportation Museum

Explore some of the most unique vehicles in history along with a cast of unsettling mannequins.

Merry Go Round carousel

Lakeside, Colorado

Lakeside Amusement Park

One of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the U.S. is an open-air museum of Art Deco and neon lights.

Entrance

Golden, Colorado

Colorado Train Museum

More than 100 steam and diesel locomotives bring Colorado’s rail heritage to life.

1933 Everest Goggles
Permanently Closed

Golden, Colorado

American Alpine Club Library

"All Mountains - All The Time."

Mines Museum of Earth Science

Golden, Colorado

Mines Museum of Earth Science

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

Postcard showing a collection of paintings in the Buffalo Bill Museum, circa 1941.

Golden, Colorado

The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

Dinosaur Ridge

Morrison, Colorado

Dinosaur Ridge

See 150 million-year-old dinosaur tracks and bones dating back to the Jurassic period.

Along the main wall you’ll find a list of every show every played at Red Rocks.

Morrison, Colorado

Red Rocks Hall of Fame

Drift through decades of high desert music history at this funky hometown museum.

Morrison Natural History Museum

Morrison, Colorado

Morrison Natural History Museum

A tiny town’s tiny museum with some gigantic residents.

Summer White House foundation

Morrison, Colorado

Summer White House

A marble cornerstone marks the location of what could have been a presidential palace.

Walker Mansion Ruins

Morrison, Colorado

Walker Mansion Ruins

This massive home was constructed by one of the greatest conservationists in Colorado history.

Vault room for the Camp Amache store.

Granada, Colorado

Amache National Historic Site

The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.

Petrified Wood Building

Lamar, Colorado

Petrified Wood Building

Once named the “world’s oldest gas station” due to its unusual construction material.

Castlewood Canyon Dam Ruins

Castle Rock, Colorado

Castlewood Canyon Dam Ruins

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

Magic Town

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Magic Town

Experience life in one of America’s smallest neighborhoods.

Early morning snow flurries begin to transform one of Colorado Springs’ most spectacular locations.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Garden of the Gods

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

(Flickr/dbking)

U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado

Cadet Chapel

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

Devil’s Head Lookout Tower

Sedalia, Colorado

Devil’s Head Lookout Tower

This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.

The South Platte Hotel on a hot July day.

Conifer, Colorado

South Platte Hotel

A once-thriving hotel from the Old West now sits abandoned, under the threat of demolition.

Tiny Town and Railroad

Morrison, Colorado

Tiny Town and Railroad

Travel through the wholesome amusements of yesteryear at this charming miniature village.

Opening of the cave.

Morrison, Colorado

Colorow's Cave

In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.

SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Rocket

Littleton, Colorado

SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Rocket

Between a bike path and the South Platte River sits a piece of modern space history.

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