Nothing says summer more than hiking in Colorado. There is an endless number of spots to hike in this beautiful state. So, it is hard to decide which trails to take. We compiled a few lists that might help you decide which trails to hit over the fourth of July week. Always remember to practice the core principles of Leave No Trace.

The U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel is one of the most recognizable buildings and landmarks in Colorado. It is considered the most visited man-made tourist attraction in Colorado. But in 2019, the beautiful and unique Cadet Chapel at the academy closed for renovations. It was expected to open in 2023, but new discoveries delayed the opening to 2027.

The baseball team the Bears was founded in 1885 in Denver, Colorado. They were a minor league baseball team that first played in the Colorado State League then moved to the Western League.

Colorado’s Western Slope receives 80 percent of Colorado precipitation. Where the Eastern Slope is in a rain shadow caused by the Rocky Mountains and creating a semi-arid environment. This causes weather systems to dump their rain and snow before moving east. That 80 percents ends up flowing to the Pacific Ocean and can be lost to Colorado.

If you have never been to the Colorado School of Mines Museum (Mines Museum), I highly recommend going. It is truly a hidden gem. The 15,000 square foot geology museum attracts over 30,000 visitors per year. In this large space are many displays and interactive exhibits. Such as the Miss Colorado Crown with its 600 gemstones and 21 diamonds. A “Goodwill” moon rock collected during the Apollo 17 mission. The museum even includes the Bob Weimer trail. This great trail will take you through time to authentic triceratops tracks.

Carrie Ingalls Swanzey was the younger sister of famous "Little House on the Prairie" author Laura Ingalls Wilder. The cold climate of the north was hard on Carrie' asthma. She traveled to several places in her young adulthood seeking a more comfortable climate, including Colorado and Wyoming.

In Denver, Colorado is a beautiful 80.7-acre grassy knoll known as Cheesman Park. East of Denver’s Capitol Hill, the park boasts greenery, gardens, the Cheesman Pavilion & about 2,000 buried bodies.

There is nothing like the experience of enjoying a movie while being in the great outdoors. But drive-ins have become a thing of the past. Very few still exist around the United States.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) announced that they will expand the availability of the digital tool Aira Explorer in Colorado state parks. Aira Explorer is a mobile app service that provides on-demand, visual interpretation services for people who are blind or have low vision.

When I first started getting interested in locating stories about historic homes and buildings in the Denver metro area. The Bailey Mansion at 1600 Ogden Street in downtown Denver caught my eye.

Colorado has several outdated, irrelevant, and bizarre laws on the books. Some are about dandelions in the yard. Others are bizarre, like fitting a person's foot with a X-ray machine. Below are just some of those laws that are either statewide or specific to certain locations.

According to the Space Weather Prediction Center, located in Northern Colorado, a solar flare (Coronal Mass Ejections - CME), produced by sunspot Region 3697 earlier in the period will likely enhance the Earth's magnetic field this weekend.

Saturday night, May 25th, the 7-year-old corpse flower at Colorado State University (CSU) decided it was time to bloom. By the eight o’clock hour the next morning, long lines had already already started. Hundreds of people came and are coming to see the magnificent CSU corpse flower. A long line wrapped around the streets of the College of Agricultural Sciences Conservatory.