|  From the eastern plains westward through the highest Rockies, Colorado's terrain is diverse, fascinating, and spectacularly beautiful. The highest state in the Union, with an average elevation of 6,800 feet and with 53 peaks above 14,000 feet, Colorado attracts sports enthusiasts and vacationers as well as high-technology research and business.
When gold was discovered near present-day Denver in 1858, an avalanche of settlers poured into the state; when silver was discovered soon afterward, a new flood came. Mining camps, usually crude tent cities clinging to the rugged slopes of the Rockies, contributed to Colorado's colorful, robust history. Some of these mines still operate, but most of the early mining camps are ghost towns today. Thousands of newcomers arrive yearly, drawn to Colorado's Rockies by the skiing, hunting, fishing, and magnificent scenery.
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16th Street Mall, Denver |
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Adventure Bound River Expeditions, Grand Junction |
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Aerial Tramway, Estes Park |
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Alpine Triangle Recreation Area, Lake City |
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Alpine Tunnel, Gunnison |
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Antique Row, Denver |
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Arapahoe Basin, Dillon |
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Armory Building, Golden |
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Arvada Center For The Arts & Humanities, Arvada |
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Ashcroft Ghost Town, Aspen |
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A. R. Mitchell Memorial Museum Of Western Art, Trinidad |
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Anasazi Heritage Center And Escalante, Dolores |
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Arapaho National Forest, Fort Collins |
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Arapaho National Recreation Area, Granby |
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Argo Town, USA, Idaho Springs |
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Arkansas Headwaters State Recreation Area, Salida |
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Astor House Hotel Museum, Golden |
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Bachelor-Syracuse Mine Tour, Ouray |
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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, La Junta |
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Big Timbers Museum, Lamar |
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