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A laid-back college town at the foot of the Rockies with a picture-perfect Old Town and one of the great craft-beer scenes in the country.
A high-country wonderland of alpine tundra, glacier-carved lakes, and elk — crossed by the highest continuous paved road in the country.
An outdoorsy, brainy college town beneath the tilted slabs of the Flatirons — a pedestrian mall, mountain trails, and a famous tea factory.
The Mile High City — a mile-high capitol step, great museums, a booming brewery and art scene, and the world's most beautiful concert venue in the red rocks just outside town.
At the foot of Pikes Peak — the surreal red spires of the Garden of the Gods, the mountain that inspired 'America the Beautiful,' and the Air Force Academy.
The tallest sand dunes in North America, piled improbably against snow-capped peaks — climb them, sled them, and splash in the seasonal creek at their base.
Ancient cliff dwellings tucked into the canyon walls, and a Victorian railroad town with a steam train that climbs into the San Juans.
A jewel-box former mining town at the head of a stunning box canyon — a free gondola, a towering waterfall, and famous festivals.
One of the steepest, narrowest, and darkest canyons in North America — sheer walls plunging half a mile to a thin ribbon of river.
A resort town built around the world's largest hot-springs pool, with a cave adventure park on the mountain above and a turquoise lake nearby.
Colorado's legendary high-country resort towns — the Maroon Bells, alpine villages, and historic mining streets, gold with aspens in the fall.