Road Tripping Through the Haunted West
Why is the West so haunted? After the Civil War, this great nation was a mess. Lincoln was dead, the nation was divided, and mass graves churned the landscape. Since the North and South were already tarnished, the West appeared to have nothing ...
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Top 10 Most Haunted Places in Aspen
The top 10 most haunted places in Aspen take us back to the indigenous tribes that settled the land well before our pioneer ancestors. From bloody massacres fighting over the land to barroom brawls between drunk miners, the haunted hot spots w ...
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The Stanley Hotel
The Stanley Hotel is a stately one-hundred and forty-two-room hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. It sits just about five miles from the Rocky Mountain National Park entrance and is almost as imposing as the mountains themselves. A true posh oasis, the S ...
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Cripple Creek Fire and Police Department
Colorado became a territory in the U.S. in 1861 and a state in 1876. In regards to the Cripple Creek Fire and Police Department, the history runs deeper. A man named Bob Womack and his brother William moved from Kentucky with their family to Colorad ...
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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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