Southwest Colorado
The Chapin Mesa Museum has exhibits pertaining to the park and is a good first stop. Staff at the museum provide information on weekends when the park…
Must-see attractions in Southwest Colorado
Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum
Southwest Colorado
In one of the oldest buildings in Crested Butte, this museum is a worthwhile visit to see a terrific model railway. Exhibits range from geology to mining…
Southwest Colorado
This specialist museum is dedicated to Silverton’s mining history. Old mining equipment is displayed and there’s a re-created machine shop and blacksmith…
Western Colorado Botanic Gardens
Southwest Colorado
The Orchid Display is the jewel in the crown of this small community botanic gardens, which takes an hour to leisurely stroll through.
Southwest Colorado
The largest concentration of Ancestral Puebloan sites is at Chapin Mesa, where you'll see the densely clustered Far View Site and the large Spruce Tree…
Fred Harman Art Museum & the Red Ryder Roundup
Southwest Colorado
The Red Ryder’s image might be lost on today’s whippersnappers, but Fred Harman’s comic book hero was born in Pagosa Springs, and today Harman’s home is a…
Little Book Cliffs Wild Horse Range
Southwest Colorado
One of three federally designated areas for wild horses in the United States, over 100 wild horses get the run of some 30,000 acres of craggy canyons and…
Southwest Colorado
Little Ouray, ‘the Switzerland of America,’ is very picturesque and littered with old houses and buildings. The visitors center and museum issue a free…
Durango Cannabis Discovery Center
Durango
One of the first cannabis museums in the country, this is really just a basic info center with a few video exhibits and helpful staff. Next door at their…
Southwest Colorado
When the hunt for the state's fine wine leads to this pole building, your expectations might take quite a dip. But if Carlson's reds are nothing special,…
Montrose County Historical Museum
Southwest Colorado
Installed in the old Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Depot, this interesting museum has a vast collection of pioneer-era furniture and memorabilia. There…
Southwest Colorado
Step House was initially occupied by Modified Basketmaker peoples residing in pithouses, and later became the site of a Classic Pueblo–period masonry…
Southwest Colorado
A restored old steam locomotive, boxcar and caboose sit on a narrow-gauge bridge crossing the Cimarron River, the last piece of railroad infrastructure…
Southwest Colorado
Mineral treasures attracted miners by the trainload, but this museum chronicles the more intriguing opportunists and scoundrels who arrived to take…
Southwest Colorado
Many of the town’s pioneers are buried in the cemetery, about 0.25 miles north of town towards Mt Crested Butte. Also interred here are 59 miners who died…
Southwest Colorado
The Johnson Building was erected in 1881 and traded as a restaurant from 1901, originally as the Royal Cafe and later as the Johnston Restaurant until…
Southwest Colorado
This mill was once a major employer in Silverton. Stop in to see how miners extracted gold and minerals from the ore. The Aerial Tram House is a highlight…
Southwest Colorado
The Bryant Building was erected in 1890. To its west and east are the 1908 SH Nye Building and the 1906 Thomas Hotel – all handsome brick edifices of the…
Southwest Colorado
Installed in the original 1902 San Juan County Jail, the Silverton Museum has an interesting collection of local artifacts and ephemera.
Southwest Colorado
The Lott's Hotel building has been standing here since 1883. It's the oldest grand building in Montrose.
Southwest Colorado
The old Smith Opera House is indeed an oddity. It was built in 1882 and is rather bovine in its proportions and outlook. The building opened in 1883, but…
