Reading the worn gravestones in Central City’s cemeteries reveals how raw life must have been for the miners who came here in the late 1800s. The miners died young and their children often died in infancy. To visit the cemetery drive along Central City’s main street and continue up the road for about a mile. The cemetery will be on...

If you’ve never experienced a mine tour, a 45 minute trip through the Cowboy Mine in Breckenridge, is fun and educational. Here you’ll get a sense of what it was like to be a miner in the early days. You can even slide down a 55-foot ore chute and pan for gold (finders keepers). Kids and adults love it. If...

Golden, Colorado has a rich western heritage. If you want to step back in time to an era when pioneers were settling the West, visit Clear Creek History Park, the Astor House Museum and the Golden History Center, all within a three-block radius. The open-air Clear Creek History Park has been set up as a late 1800s working ranch, complete...

Especially if you’re from a big city, a stroll through this museum will be intriguing. The rustic 17-room log cabin began as a single-room, first converted to a summer home for a Civil War widow. You can take a self-guided or a guided tour. You can get a sense of what life was like for early Evergreen residents while visiting...