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Oh The Places You'll Go

Downtown

  • Art Museum

    • Clyfford Still

    • Local Galleries (ex: Cherry Creek, Littleton)

  • Nature and Science Museum

  • Old Map Gallery

  • Union Station

  • 16th Street Mall 

    • Check to see if there are any events going on - esp. by the clock tower

  • Candy Store

    • General Store in Littleton, Rocket Fizz, Southglenn has a popcorn store, Park Meadows has Lolli

  • Thrift Store

    • The older the better!

  • Zoo/Aquarium/Animal Shelter

  • Performing Arts Center

    • The Ent Center 

    • The Arvada Performing Arts Center

  • Brown Palace

  • Old Spaghetti Factory

  • Capitol Building

  • Coors Field

Nature

  • Roxborough State Park

  • Daniel's Park

  • Rocky Mountain National Park

  • South Valley Park

  • Red Rocks

  • Lookout Mountain

  • Denver Botanic Gardens

  • Bear Creek

  • Mt. Evans (or really just any of the mountains)

  • Garden of the Gods

  • Hot Springs

  • Black Canyon of the Gunnison

  • Sand Dunes

  • Continental Divide

  • Guanella Pass

  • any park is good

  • lake, river, creek, ocean, etc - get to water!

  • Turquoise Lake

  • Chatfield

  • Caves

  • Paint Mines Interpretative Park

  • Small towns have good scenery in CO

    • Oura

    • Telluride

    • Durango

    • Salida

    • Evergreen

    • Lyons

    • Boulder (not small but still good)

    • Aspen

    • Idaho Springs

    • Marble

 

Wonders within Wonders

  • Atlas Obscura

  • Stanley Museum

  • Paint Mines Interpretative Park

  • Air Force Academy Chapel

  • The Tank - Silo turned into concert hall

  • Train rides - these can be pretty scenic and appeal to the little kid in everyone

  • Tiny Town

  • Celestial Seasonings

  • Hammond's

  • Clocktower (16th street mall)

  • Bishop Castle

  • Swetsville Zoo - junkyard meets modern art

  • International Church of Cannabis

  • Linger Eatuary - mortuary turned restaurant

  • Cheyenne Mountain

  • Rainbow Falls

  • Royal Gorge Bridge

  • Casa Bonita

  • Magic Mushroom Mansion

  • Wild Animal Sanctuary

  • National Ice Core Lab

  • Drive in Movie Theater

 

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