The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Area is a refuge in the middle of Denver that offers opportunities for hiking, wildlife viewing and catch-and-release fishing. But, only a small part of it is available for exploring at the present time; most of the site is still being restored to how it looked before the middle […]
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Touring the CELL
Educate. Empower. Engage. The CELL, or the Center for Empowered Living & Learning, is located in the cultural district near the Denver Art Museum, the Colorado History Museum and the main branch of the Denver Public Library. It is an ongoing exhibit drawing attention to the destructive forces of terrorism and how it can happen […]
Touring the Unsinkable Molly Brown House
Most know her as “The Unsinkable” Molly Brown from the Titanic voyage, but she actually preferred to go by Maggie or Margaret, at least according to my tour guide at the Molly Brown House in Denver. Just a few short blocks from the Colorado State Capitol, along tree lined Pennsylvania Street, sits the Brown home. […]
Touring the Colorado State Capitol
The free guided tour of the Colorado State Capitol Building is free for a reason. Yet I, unlike many of the other people in my group, stayed on until the end. I just waited and hoped that there would be some interesting historical nugget the tour guide would throw us that I knew I wouldn’t […]
Hiking Cherry Creek State Park
I’ve lived in the Denver metropolitan area for nine years and had not set foot in Cherry Creek State Parkuntil today. The park, which is popular with water sports enthusiasts, hikers and bikers, sits right in the middle of the greater metro area, and I’ve drive by it tons of times, but it’s always been […]
Touring the Denver Zoo
The other day I had a discussion with a friend about zoos when I told him that I was going to go to a free day offered by the Denver Zoo, which so happened to be today. My friend believes that zoos are inhumane and essentially take the animal out of the animal. They become […]
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