Colorado Experience

Quench your curiosity and learn how thirsty miners started a “liquid gold rush” that began Colorado’s journey to become the “Beer State.”

Discover the boarding house phenomenon that provided a home away from home for one third of Americans and challenged social and cultural conventions.

Paddle through the buoyant history of FIBArk, the United States’ oldest and longest whitewater festival, and discover the adventurous evolution of whitewater sports and how they fortified a small town in central Colorado.

Meet the inspiring Fannie Mae Duncan, an African American nightclub owner who brought the motto “Everybody Welcome” to true meaning at her Colorado Springs Cotton Club despite the volatile Civil Rights Movement of her day.

Meet the inspiring Fannie Mae Duncan, an African American nightclub owner who brought the motto “Everybody Welcome” to true meaning at her Colorado Springs Cotton Club despite the volatile Civil Rights Movement of her day.

Ride into the “bloody grass” battlefields of the Old West’s longest feud over grazing and water rights and witness the gunfights, court cases, and massacres that gave rise to the classic American contest of cowboy versus sheepman.

Wander through the extravagant halls of the 1897 Redstone Castle and meet the creator that forged an empire atop the remote and rugged Rocky Mountains.

Get captured by Colorado incarcerations from 19th century, one-room “drunk tanks” to today’s “Prison Valley” and discover how these historic jails and penitentiaries evolved with the changing criminal times.

Discover the rare and fragile “wickiup” shelters that reveal the ways the Ute people lived and traveled across Colorado from prehistory to the present day.

Check in to Denver’s longest operating hotel and discover why everyone, from Teddy Roosevelt to The Beatles, has been drawn to this “Oasis of Elegance.”

Witness dog and handler versus sheep in the small town of Meeker, where the rugged terrain has challenged the world’s top sheepdogs for over thirty years.

Unearth the resilient story of the Denver Botanic Gardens, a once struggling attraction that persevered through grassroots efforts to become an architectural, educational, and scientific pioneering institution.

Discover the birth and development of Denver through the story of its oldest neighborhood: from Gold Rush to Urban Renewal and from preservation battle to thriving campus, one neighborhood’s story tells the tale of a century.

High school dropout, artist, Olympic athlete, Senator—discover all the identities one of America’s most interesting leaders has adopted on his rags-to-riches journey – and why the most important name was the one he was given as an adult: Nighthorse.