History in Colorado

A testament to Colorado’s rugged mining history sits against a backdrop of striking mountain scenery.

Explore a wealth of fossils in one of the most prolific dig sites in North America.

Colorado's oldest church is now home to the largest handmade adobe labyrinth in the world.

The hallowed ground of one of the worst atrocities in United States history.

One of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the U.S. is an open-air museum of Art Deco and neon lights.

A memorial dedicated to the victims of the Columbine High School shootings.

A tiny nondenominational church harkens back to the days of the first homesteaders in the region.

After being lost for nearly a century, this historic bell finally returned home after its mysterious theft.

Historic, 19th-century wagon wheel ruts cut into soft volcanic ash.

A mural of the Virgin of Guadalupe painted on the rock wall by canyon's religious namesake.

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

This old train trestle and collapsed tunnel once allowed the railroad to negotiate the steep slopes of the Colorado Rockies.

It's easy to forget what century it is as you wander this rustic homestead.

In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.

The start of the group that straightened the teeth of a nation.

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.