Memorials in Colorado

This cliffside memorial marks the final resting place of a lonely violinist.

Fill up your senses in this beautiful riverside garden, dedicated to the works of singer-songwriter John Denver.

Thousands of unmarked, sunken graves in a pauper's cemetery.

A boulder so big and tough, they had to turn it into a landmark.

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

When this 160-year-old church was being built, a stonemason included a hidden homage to his late daughter.

The site of the gruesome massacre—and maybe cannibalism—of five men, a tragedy that made Alferd Packer infamous.

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

This memorial pays homage to Pueblo's four Medal of Honor recipients.

In a small Japanese garden off a busy Denver street, a memorial to a brave, principled politician.

A monument at the site of the Towner School Bus Tragedy, which lead to changes in school bus safety.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

A tribute to Loveland’s most famous sweethearts, who helped spread cupid’s message to millions.

This stone marker honors the man who released Canada goose goslings in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Hidden high on a remote mountain peak is a humbling and mysterious Vietnam War memorial.

The giant stump of the once towering cottonwood where Ute people held tribal meetings.