“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…
Perfectly perched in Denver’s foothills, Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre is one of the most revered concert venues on Earth. It’s also on the leading edge when it comes to sustainability. First point of order: Concerts tend to generate a lot of trash, and getting everything in the right place requires…
It’s hard to miss the gold-plated dome atop the Colorado State Capitol, but the nearly invisible geothermal system that heats and cools the building is every bit as compelling. Operational since 2013, the system was a first for a state capitol building. “The building is uniquely situated over the…
At Meow Wolf Denver’s Convergence Station , art materials are in the eye of the beholder. The dizzyingly trippy immersive art installation is full of exhibits crafted from items that might have otherwise ended up in a landfill. But Meow Wolf’s mile-high interdimensional crossroads treasures what…
For those looking to get off the beaten tracks (railroad tracks, that is), Rocky Mountaineer can take you on a railroad adventure from Denver to Moab, Utah. Launched in 2021, Rockies to the Red Rocks is the company’s first route in the U.S. after operating in the Canadian Rockies for more than 30…
