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45 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Denver, Colorado


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Red Rocks Hall of Fame

Drift through decades of high desert music history at this funky hometown museum.

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Globetrotting Through Denver: A Culinary Guide to International Flavors

These restaurants, breweries, and food halls bring traditional dishes and clever fusions to the heart of the Mile-High City.

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Banh-Mi Tacos and The OG Breakfast Corn Dog: Denver’s Affordable Food Scene is Full of Surprises

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Little Man Ice Cream Can

This 28-foot-tall milk can contains one of the most whimsical ice cream parlors in town.

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The Cruise Room Bar

This swanky speakeasy is Denver’s oldest bar—and hasn’t changed a bit since 1933.

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The Little Man Ice Cream Can sits just beside Linger Eatuaries, a former mortuary turned hip dining spot.

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Little Man Ice Cream Can

This 28-foot-tall milk can contains one of the most whimsical ice cream parlors in town.

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City Park is one of the best places to view the Denver skyline and the distant Rockies.

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Prismatic Electric Fountain

This stunning, technicolor array of geysers has occupied Ferril lake since 1908.

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Clyfford Still Museum

Soak in the life’s work of one of the country’s foremost modern artists.

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Fifty-Two 80’s

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Fifty-Two 80's

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

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Linger Eatuaries

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Linger Eatuaries

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

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The Molly Brown House in winter

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'Unsinkable' Molly Brown House

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

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Buckhorn Exchange

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

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