Colorado Grande Casino and Hotel
Deep into the little old town of Cripple Creek, Colorado, lies an old building at 300 E. Bennett Avenue. The structure itself holds its own personality and antique charm. The Colorado Grande Casino and Hotel seems harmless with just a passing glance ...
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Outlaws and Lawmen Jail Museum
Located on West Bennett Avenue in Cripple Creek, Colorado, lies the Outlaws and Lawmen Jail Museum. Previously known as the Teller County Jail for nearly ninety years, this historic museum shows visitors the shadier side of life in the World’s Gre ...
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Museum of Colorado Prisons
The Museum of Colorado Prisons was initially known as the Colorado State Women's Prison when it first opened its doors (and cells) in 1935. The specialty museum was unveiled in 1982 as part of the Colorado Women's Prison, which replaced the original ...
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Denver Children’s Hospital
The beginning of the Denver Children's Hospital can be traced all the way back to Dr. Minnehaha Cecelia Francesca Tucker Love, or Dr. Minnie C.T. Love for short. Dr. Love was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 1856 and obtained her doctorate through H ...
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Denver Botanic Gardens
Located along the South Platte River banks, just next to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Denver was founded back in November 1858 with the plans to be a booming gold mining town. Unfortunately for prospectors and investors, the gold quickly ra ...
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Peabody-Whitehead Mansion
Take a sleepy, picturesque Denver suburb, add a few boarded-up windows, a rusting wire fence, some aging red bricks, and an extremely sinister past, and you've got the recipe to make the most haunted house in Colorado, The Peabody-Whitehead Mansion. ...
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The Top 10 Most Haunted Places in Colorado
All across the state there are tales of tragedy and mystery. It seems that the spirits of those long-dead can’t escape their old stomping grounds. Today, the sightings of such ghosts are so rampant that tours are offered all across Colorado. It gi ...
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The Oxford Hotel
Denver, Colorado had an important place in the American West, back in the day. It was the place that miners tracked through on their way to riches. And it was a place for society’s finest to see and be seen. As this frontier town was built up, man ...
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The Byers-Evans House Museum
Denver, Colorado is sometimes a neglected big city. The history of Denver is rich. This town was once a thriving frontier that saw the silver rush, mining industry and train travel make their way through it. Denver was once a ton that thrived on a s ...
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Denver Children’s Home
Originally started with the best of intentions, the Denver Children’s Home was known as the Denver Orphans Home. In almost every city across the ages, people have tried to help the orphans of the community. Sometimes these efforts were truly helpf ...
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