Ten years ago, Cripple Creek was a fun, exciting mountain town with a fascinating history from rough-hewn gold miners in the 1890s to cheerful...
Colorado History
Colorado’s rich history spans ancient Indigenous cultures, bold frontier explorers, and legendary silver and gold rushes. Walk in the footsteps of pioneers through historic mining towns, visit preserved cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde, and discover fascinating museums statewide. Colorado’s captivating past shapes every mountain trail, canyon, and charming Main Street today.
Herkimer: The Beast Beetle from Beyond the Royal Gorge
The 1950s saw an explosion of Atomic Age films, often featuring massive monsters in these frightful motion pictures. In pop culture hindsight,...
Stay and Play in Pueblo’s Historic District
Want to enjoy Pueblo’s downtown delights in true Colorado style? We have four delightful lodging options that offer unique settings: three...
Giant Troll Finds Home in Victor
Just when the small mountain town of Victor needed a boost in visitors, Rita the Rock Planter came to the rescue. Designed and built out of...
The Magical, Mysterious, and Medicinal Manitou Springs
In the latter half of the 1800s, known as the Gilded Age, the Ute tribe and other Indigenous peoples believed bubbling mineral water near the...
Rollin’ Down the River
Not so long ago, Pueblo was the redheaded stepchild of Colorado’s Front Range cities. For much of the 20th century, the air was polluted by...
Past, Present, and Perfect
Downtown Colorado Springs has seen explosive change in the last several years, creating a new geography that has transformed its built...
Encore!
When the Colorado Springs City Auditorium opened its doors 100 years ago, its classical revival architecture harmonized beautifully with other...
Party on, Prairie Dog
Founded in 1871, Colorado Springs was not the first city to rise at the foot of Pikes Peak. That honor goes to Colorado City, a once-rip...
Taking the High Road on America’s Mountain
How do you get to the summit of Pikes Peak? You can walk, run, bike, ride, drive, ski, snowshoe, take the cog railway, jeep or bus tour, or...
Embracing the Darkness
Sitting in evening rush hour traffic on I-25, watching a night game at Coors Field or taking in an ArtWalk on Colorado Blvd., you look up and...
Is This for Real?
We all know that Colorado is one of our nation’s cherished treasures. The mountain majesty of Pikes Peak, the glimmering snow-swelled Arkansas...