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Colorado Railroad Museum

Colorado Railroad Museum The Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden preserves Colorado’s mountain railroad era across a 15-acre railyard packed with historic locomotives, cars and an 1880s-style depot museum. Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, CO Founded in 1959 between North and South Table Mountains, the museum displays more than 100 pieces of narrow- and standard-gauge equipment […]

Fish Creek Falls

Fish Creek Falls Fish Creek Falls is a nearly 300-foot waterfall in the Routt National Forest about four miles east of Steamboat Springs, with an accessible overlook and a trail to the base. Fish Creek Falls in Steamboat Springs, CO From the Fish Creek Falls trailhead you can take a short wheelchair-accessible path to an […]

Rifle Falls State Park

Rifle Falls State Park Rifle Falls State Park is a compact Colorado State Park northeast of Rifle known for its triple waterfall, limestone caves and shaded picnic sites along East Rifle Creek. Rifle Falls State Park in Rifle, CO East Rifle Creek drops about 70 feet over a travertine dam in three parallel falls, misting […]

Paint Mines Interpretive Park

Paint Mines Interpretive Park Paint Mines Interpretive Park is a free El Paso County open space near Calhan where colorful clays, hoodoos and spires protect thousands of years of human history. Paint Mines Interpretive Park in Calhan, CO About 750 acres of prairie east of Colorado Springs hold bands of white, yellow, pink and purple […]

Molly Brown House Museum

Molly Brown House Museum Molly Brown House Museum is the restored Capitol Hill mansion of Margaret “Molly” Brown — Titanic heroine, philanthropist and Denver activist — at 1340 Pennsylvania Street. Molly Brown House Museum in Denver, CO The 1889 Queen Anne and Richardsonian Romanesque house was designed by architect William A. Lang and purchased by […]

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument protects one of the world’s richest fossil deposits, including giant petrified redwood stumps, in the mountain valley of Florissant, Colorado. Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in Florissant, CO Thirty-five miles west of Colorado Springs, a quiet valley holds the stone ghosts of a 34-million-year-old lake […]

Iron Mountain Hot Springs

Iron Mountain Hot Springs Iron Mountain Hot Springs is a riverside geothermal spa in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, with 16 mineral pools, cold plunges and adult-only WorldSprings experiences. Iron Mountain Hot Springs in Glenwood Springs, CO Along the Colorado River just west of downtown Glenwood Springs, Iron Mountain spreads a family Select Access zone and a […]

Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave

Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave sits on Lookout Mountain above Golden, Colorado, with William F. Cody’s gravesite, a history museum and sweeping Front Range views. Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave in Golden, CO Thirty minutes west of downtown Denver, Lookout Mountain Road climbs to a museum that draws more […]

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad is America’s highest and longest narrow-gauge steam railroad, running 64 miles between Antonito, Colorado, and Chama, New Mexico. Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in Antonito, CO From the Antonito depot on U.S. 285 you board a coal-fired steam train that climbs toward Cumbres Pass […]

Bishop Castle

Bishop Castle Bishop Castle is a free, donation-based stone-and-iron castle that Jim Bishop built by hand in the Wet Mountains near Rye, Colorado. Bishop Castle in Rye, CO High in the San Isabel National Forest above Rye, a medieval-looking fortress rises out of the pines with spiral staircases, iron catwalks and a tower that climbs […]