Colorado

This is a city park, though your eyes may disagree. Huge red sandstone formations rise straight from the…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 16

Most concert venues have walls. This one has giant sandstone cliffs. So before the band even walks out,…

By Eliza Thornton · Oct 16

A town does not disappear all at once. First the work dries up. Then the shops close. Eventually,…

By Adeline Parker · Oct 13

Okay, I need you to imagine the kind of fall view that makes everyone in the car go…

By Eliza Thornton · Oct 12

Some burgers fit neatly between two buns. Pueblo looked at that arrangement and chose chaos. Here, the local…

By Renata Holcombe · Oct 8

This landscape looks like two postcards got mixed together. Huge sand dunes rise from a wide valley, then…

By Lenora Winslow · Oct 6

You are halfway to coffee when the mountain wins. Not metaphorically. One glance above the rooftops and whatever…

By Lenora Winslow · Sep 28

Colorado has plenty of mountain towns that know they are pretty. This one seems almost unaware of it.…

By Adeline Parker · Sep 18

Warm rock-walled pools and pure wilderness. No entrance fees, no resort crowds, and absolutely no shortcuts to get…

By Gideon Hartwell · Sep 10

The mountain air can turn a casual breakfast into the morning’s most important mission. In Colorado, a pretty…

By Lenora Winslow · Sep 7

A good dinner plan should come with a little suspense. In Colorado, the best meals are not always…

By Renata Holcombe · Sep 6

Ever tried to eat a chili dog without wearing part of it? That question matters in Colorado, where…

By Gideon Hartwell · Aug 29

Which gets your vote: filet during the week or prime rib on Friday and Saturday? At this Colorado…

By Lenora Winslow · Aug 21

These buffets did not get the memo about doing things one way. Around here, all-you-can-eat can mean grilling…

By Adeline Parker · Aug 15

Some lunch stops make you work for the reward. This Colorado counter keeps things simple: show up hungry…

By Clara Whitmore · Aug 9

At 8,530 feet, even your to-do list may need a breather. One Colorado mountain town makes a strong…

By Adeline Parker · Aug 6

This Colorado pool looked at ordinary swimming and chose chaos. The lap lanes stay calm. Everything else seems…

By Adeline Parker · Aug 5

Some restaurants win people over with a grand opening. Welton Street Cafe did something harder: it became part…

By Lenora Winslow · Jul 28

Your hands are about to receive a promotion. On one Colorado mountainside, they control whether your sled cruises…

By Lenora Winslow · Jul 18

People usually plan their trips around vacations. This one gets planned around prime rib cravings. That may sound…

By Cedric Vale · Jul 14

This town has somehow missed the fame meeting. While other Colorado mountain destinations built reputations around packed sidewalks…

By Lenora Winslow · Jul 11

Attention, gluten-free diners: the side-dish era is officially over. I know the frustration of scanning a menu while…

By Gideon Hartwell · Jul 10

Prime rib at a buffet is basically dinner’s version of a soft launch, except everybody notices immediately. You…

By Clara Whitmore · Jul 8

Ever notice how summer plans sound fearless at breakfast and suspiciously sweaty by lunch? That is when a…

By Eliza Thornton · Jul 5

Who says you can’t have crab cravings just because the mountains get in the way? This place turns…

By Marisa Tindall · Jul 4

The best taco counters have a funny way of humbling your plans. You think you are just grabbing…

By Eliza Thornton · Jul 4

A Colorado buffet runs a live grill station, a fresh sushi station rolling throughout service, and a chocolate…

By Iris Bellamy · Jun 23

A massive adobe fort rises from the flat Colorado plains like something out of a frontier film. The…

By Iris Bellamy · Jun 22

A family-owned Mexican restaurant in Colorado has been making its green chile from scratch every single day since…

By Daniel Mercer · Jun 22

A steakhouse on a Colorado main street has been feeding hungry people since 2005 and the elk burger…

By Daniel Mercer · Jun 21

Denver, Colorado is full of great food, but this tiny pasty shop is something wonderfully and memorably rare.…

By Lenora Winslow · Jun 18

Saturday mornings in Colorado can go a lot of ways, and this one goes exceptionally well. A growers-only…

By Gideon Hartwell · Jun 10

Somewhere past the mountain passes and rushing rivers of Colorado, a small road sign points toward a town…

By Daniel Mercer · Jun 8

At 9,240 feet above sea level, the air hits differently and the views hit harder. This valley inside…

By Cedric Vale · Jun 8

Real charcoal, real elk, and a drive-in that has been doing both since 1953. That is the whole…

By Gideon Hartwell · Jun 8

Somewhere in the Colorado mountains, a steakhouse is serving ribeye so good that people drive through snow and…

By Iris Bellamy · Jun 7

Fresh trout, warm service, and the Rio Grande rolling past the window. This Colorado riverside restaurant is the…

By Iris Bellamy · Jun 4

What does a lake look like when it refuses to follow the rules of nature? At Hanging Lake,…

By Gideon Hartwell · Jun 3

Imagine a turquoise lake that looks like it was photoshopped onto the side of a canyon wall. That…

By Lenora Winslow · Jun 3