A number of civic-minded folks in Denver have started restaurants, breweries, ice cream parlors and coffee shops with a mission to give back to the community. At these special spots all over town, you can support meaningful causes while you dine. A Tasty Variety Every scoop, cup, dish or drink you…
Bluff Lake Nature Center is an excellent place to relax, recharge and experience nature only minutes from the city. The family-friendly wildlife refuge features walking trails, an abundance of native plants and it’s one of the best birdwatching sites along the Front Range. It also has an important…
Up in the foothills, only 20 minutes from Denver, there's a famous natural landmark where dinosaurs have a story to tell. It’s the perfect family-friendly excursion where learning is fun During the Cretaceous Period, or 145 million to 66 million years ago, Denver was beachfront property. Back then…
An underutilized lot on the southern tip of downtown Denver has sprouted one of the country’s most sustainable hotels. It’s also one of the hardest to miss. Opened in October 2024, Populus Hotel is modeled after a many-eyed Colorado icon: The architects at Studio Gang drew inspiration from the…
“The train is the only way to go,” says Rosie Thibodeaux, traveling home after exploring Denver for three days with her sister and her niece. The trio flew into Denver International Airport and are now returning home to Modesto, California, on Amtrak’s California Zephyr. The full train route runs…
An otherwise unassuming storefront on South Broadway in Denver is a portal into another world. A little more than a mile before the city gives way to the suburbs, the door to Spectra Art Space doubles as a launchpad for a psychedelic journey into a labyrinthine indoor/outdoor environment, with…
Vance Kirkland’s studio at the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art in the Golden Triangle Creative District offers a lens into the unique painting methods of one of Colorado’s most illustrious artists. In his old studio—which was relocated about a half-mile west from its original site at Pearl…
It’s a quiet and cloudless summer day in northeast Park Hill. In front of the Dahlia Campus for Health & Well-Being, tidy rows of crops bask in the sunlight on an acre of urban farmland. A nearby greenhouse features one of the city’s largest aquaponics systems supporting the growth of bountiful…
With more than 10,000 seats spread across 10 venues on 12 acres, the Denver Performing Arts Complex (DPAC) is the second-largest facility of its kind in the United States, after Lincoln Center in New York. It’s also near the top of the list when it comes to sustainability. As DPAC’s largest tenant…
On the fringes of the foothills southwest of the city, Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms is a model of sustainable, regenerative agriculture, with plenty of lessons for gardeners amid the fertile landscape. Originally settled by the Hildebrand family in 1866, the former homestead that is now…
