#1 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Colorado State Capitol Building
Denver CO
~0.07 miles from Denver city center
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The Colorado State Capitol Building, located at 200 East Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado, is the home of the Colorado General Assembly and the offices of the Governor of Colorado and Lieutenant Governor of Colorado. The building is intentionally reminiscent of the United States Capitol. Designed by Elijah E. Myers, it was constructed in the 1890s from Colorado white granite, and opened for use in November 1894. The distinctive gold dome consists of real gold plate, first added in 1908, commemorating the Colorado Gold Rush. The building is part of Denver's Civic Center area.
Serving as the beginning of the Capitol Hill district, the historic building sits slightly higher than the rest of downtown Denver. The main entrance hall is open 180 feet (55 m) to the top of the dome, about the height of an 18-story building. Additionally, the official elevation of Denver is measured outside the west entrance to the building, where the fifteenth step is engraved with the words "One Mile Above Sea Level." From this step, around dusk, a magnificent view of the sun setting behind the Rocky Mountains can be taken-in at 5,280 feet (1,609 m). A second mile high marker was set in the 18th step in 1969 when Colorado State University students resurveyed the elevation. Finally, in 2003, an even more accurate measurement was made with modern means and the 13th step was identified as being one mile (1.6 km) high where a 3rd marker was installed.
The interior of the building uses copious amounts of Colorado Rose Onyx, a rare rose marble from a quarry near Beulah, Colorado. The amount used in the building consumed the entire known supply. White Yule Marble from the quarries near Marble, Colorado was also used throughout the capitol for the floors. Many designs have been found in the marble including an image resembling George Washington and another of Molly Brown.
Old Supreme Court Chambers
Many of the windows are stained glass, depicting people or events related to the history of Colorado. The halls are decorated with portraits of every president of the United States.
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
Denver CO
~0.14 miles from Denver city center
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The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is a cathedral serving Roman Catholics in the U.S. city of Mobile, Alabama. It is the seat of the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile. The cathedral is named for Mary, mother of Jesus, under her title, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception.
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Colorado History Museum
Denver CO
~0.15 miles from Denver city center
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Founded in 1879, the Colorado Historical Society brings the unique character of Colorado's past to more than a million people each year through historical museums and highway markers, exhibitions, manuscript and photograph collections, popular and scholarly publications, historical and archaeological preservation services, and educational programs for children and adults. In short, the Society collects, preserves, and interprets the history of Colorado for present and future generations. A nonprofit agency with its own membership, the Society is also a state institution located within Colorado's Department of Higher Education.
Museums and Historic Sites
The Colorado Historical Society operates twelve historic sites and museums at 10 locations around the state, including the Colorado History Museum in Denver. Each has its own regional character and thematic focus-from the days of the fur trade along the South Platte and Arkansas Rivers to early Hispanic life and settlement in southern Colorado, the Ute Indians of the Western Slope, the Clear Creek gold rush, the Leadville silver boom, and the growth of Denver.
Our Mission: To Collect, Preserve, and Interpret
The Society's collections-protected, conserved, and held in trust for all of Colorado's people-contain more than 125,000 artifacts and eight million historical documents, including books, maps, photographs, diaries, and newspapers. From these historical treasures and tools of knowledge, we prepare exhibitions, publications, and educational programs-and we offer a full range of services for researchers through the Society's Stephen H. Hart Library. Historians, archaeologists, and preservationists of all kinds may also explore the vast database of Colorado's visible past-and link to other preservation resources-through the Office of Archaeology & Historic Preservation. And, whether for business or pleasure, many of the Society's statewide facilities offer excellent, history-rich settings for special events.
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Denver Zoo
Denver CO
~0.20 miles from Denver city center
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Denver Central Library
Denver CO
~0.22 miles from Denver city center
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Civic Center Park
Denver CO
~0.25 miles from Denver city center
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Civic Center is a neighborhood and park in Denver, Colorado. The area is known as the center of the civic life in the city, with numerous institutions of arts, government, and culture as well as numerous festivals, parades, and protests throughout the year. The park is home to many fountains, statues, and formal gardens, and includes a Greek amphitheater, a war memorial, and the Voorhees Memorial Seal Pond. It is well known for its symmetrical Neoclassical design.
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Denver Art Museum
Denver CO
~0.26 miles from Denver city center
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Uptown (Neighborhood)
Denver CO
~0.34 miles from Denver city center
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Denver City and County Building
Denver CO
~0.36 miles from Denver city center
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
US Mint
Denver CO
~0.41 miles from Denver city center
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Capitol Hill (Neighborhood)
Denver CO
~0.47 miles from Denver city center
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Located in the City and County of Denver, Colorado, the Capitol Hill neighborhood is bounded by Broadway, Downing Street, Colfax Avenue, and Seventh Avenue, which carry large volumes of traffic around the neighborhood. Some consider the Cheesman Park neighborhood to be a part of the Capitol Hill neighborhood, but as defined by the city, Cheesman Park is a separate neighborhood. Denver also recognizes a statistical neighborhood called North Capitol Hill, but this is called Uptown by many residents. Colfax Avenue is the border between these two neighborhoods.
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Golden Triangle (Neighborhood)
Denver CO
~0.62 miles from Denver city center
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Colorado Convention Center
Denver CO
~0.65 miles from Denver city center
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The Colorado Convention Center is a multi-purpose meeting facility centrally located in downtown Denver, Colorado. Within blocks of the Colorado State Capitol. It is among the landmarks of Denver and was completed in 2004.
The Colorado Convention Center (CCC) is a multi-purpose meeting facility centrally located in downtown Denver, Colorado. Within blocks of the Colorado State Capitol, it is among the landmarks of Denver.
The Colorado Convention Center underwent a $340 million major expansion that was completed in December 2004. The expansion doubled the size of the facility which now consists of 584,000 square feet (54,300 m2) of exhibit space, 100,000 square feet (9,300 m2) of meeting rooms, and 85,000 square feet (7,900 m2) of ballroom space. The expansion of the facility also included the spectacular 5,000 seat Wells Fargo Theatre. The CCC is now 2.2 million gross square feet.
The CCC also boasts an attached 1,000 space, 3-level parking structure as well as its own RTD (Regional Transportation District) Light Rail stop for even easier accessibility.
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Cbd (Neighborhood)
Denver CO
~0.68 miles from Denver city center
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Downtown Denver (Neighborhood)
Denver CO
~0.77 miles from Denver city center
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Denver Center for Performing Arts
Denver CO
~0.80 miles from Denver city center
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Performing Arts Complex
Denver CO
~0.80 miles from Denver city center
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Daniels and Fisher Tower
Denver CO
~0.85 miles from Denver city center
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Curtis Park (Neighborhood)
Denver CO
~0.93 miles from Denver city center
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
16th Street Mall
16th St. 80202 Denver CO
~1.07 miles from Denver city center
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The 16th Street Mall is conveniently located near many of Denver’s top attractions. The Denver Performing Arts Complex and Colorado Convention Center are just two blocks from the Mall. http://www.denver.com/16th-street-mall/
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Lincoln Park (Neighborhood)
Denver CO
~1.11 miles from Denver city center
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Commerce City (Neighborhood)
Denver CO
~1.13 miles from Denver city center
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The City of Commerce City is a Home Rule Municipality located in Adams County, Colorado, United States. Commerce City is a northern suburb of Denver and now the 20th most populous municipality in the State of Colorado. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Commerce City was 34,189 in 2005, a population increase of 62.87% in the five years since United States Census 2000.
Commerce City is a mixed residential and industrial community that is known for greyhound racing at the Mile High Greyhound Park dog track and for an oil refinery with a capacity of 90,000 barrels per day (14,000 m3/d), operated by Suncor. Dick's Sporting Goods Park, a new soccer stadium in Commerce City, hosts the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer.
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Coors Field - Colorado Rockies
Denver CO
~1.17 miles from Denver city center
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Alamo Placita (Neighborhood)
Denver CO
~1.21 miles from Denver city center
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Lodo (Neighborhood)
Denver CO
~1.29 miles from Denver city center
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Denver Botanic Gardens
Denver CO
~1.31 miles from Denver city center
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Auraria (Neighborhood)
Denver CO
~1.37 miles from Denver city center
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Pepsi Center - Denver Nuggets - Colorado Avalanche
Denver CO
~1.38 miles from Denver city center
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Black American West Museum
Denver CO
~1.48 miles from Denver city center
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FROM THE BAWM WEBSITE:
While famous for telling the story of Black cowboys, we are broader than this with interests in the stories of all those early Blacks who came west and performed as miners, soldiers, homesteaders, ranchers, blacksmiths, schoolteachers, lawmen, and every other profession needed to build up the West. In fact, the Museum itself is in the home of Dr. Justina Ford, Colorado's first Black woman doctor!
Our Museum is broken into many diverse exhibits such as our homestead exhibit. This exhibit is primarily dedicated to the town of Dearfield, Colorado. Dearfield was a Black pioneer town founded by O.T. Jackson in 1910 just east of Greeley, Colorado. It was a bustling town of approximately 500 residents founded on the principles of Booker T. Washington. It was successful until the 1930s when depression, drought and dust storms forced most of the residents back to the cities. In the early 1940s, the town dwindled to about a dozen full time residents and finally ended shortly thereafter. The town is now a ghost town and the Museum owns many of the city lots.
In the Cowboy exhibit, there are many items and photographs from famous and not-so-famous Black cowboys. See saddles, spurs, hats, chaps, boots and other cowboy necessities from many of these cowboys. Learn how each of these daily tools of the Black cowboy were used and valued. Did you know that 1 in 3 cowboys were Black?
In the military exhibits, you will see the story of the Buffalo Soldiers. These were the Black military units, both cavalry and infantry, and their stories which were very important to settling of West and beyond. Also, learn about the Tuskegee airmen and their heroics during World War II in their support of our winning war effort. In addition to many photographs and timelines, we have uniforms, saddles, weapons and additional tools of the soldier of the West.
When you have finished with the exhibits of the Museum, visit our hall of education and catch an old Western movie starring Herbert Jeffries, a singing Black cowboy from the 1930s. Or perhaps, you would like to learn more about Dearfield, Colorado? We have the answer in a short (30 minute) video which is both entertaining and educational. We also have many other documentaries on the Black West.
Finally, come on back upstairs to our bookstore and browse the many titles that we have on hand about the Old West and the many Blacks that helped build it. If we are not too busy, our docents can talk with you at length about any questions you might have, sign you up for a membership, or just listen to anything that might be on your mind. You see we still believe in Western hospitality!
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Denver
Speer (Neighborhood)
Denver CO
~1.49 miles from Denver city center
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