On Colorado's far northeast plains, Lee Maxwell, 90, maintains a washing machine collection like nothing else.
- By Seth Boster seth.boster@gazette.com
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Going south on U.S. 285 from Denver, the urban landscape changes to rural in less than 30 miles, the glare of tall buildings replaced by conif…
- BY LESLIE JAMES leslie.james@gazette.com
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Ice Lake Trail is a portal to an enchanting alpine basin in Colorado’s southwestern San Juan Mountains, about six hours from Colorado Springs.
- By Seth Boster seth.boster@gazette.com
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Darwin Raymond revives typewriters of old. They are not rusted, busted things of the past but rather shiny and click-clacking away in this uns…
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SEVERANCE • Folks here have a tradition when it comes to Rocky Mountain oysters: Don’t tell the kids what they are.
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Whose fall colors are better, Colorado’s or New England’s?
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Northeast of Colorado Springs, a car collection like no other awaits at Rambler Ranch.
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That first climb of a Colorado 14er - a mountain that towers above 14,000 feet - can be daunting. But with the right attitude and preparation,…
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Jim Bishop and his castle are the definition of "Colorful Colorado." Bishop, a lifelong Pueblo resident, acquired property off Colorado 165 as…
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Almost 60 years ago, Dave and Kay James began their ranching dream in southwest Colorado. They didn't imagine they'd be living it now with the…
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Fruita will celebrate a storied Colorado bird later this month during the Mike the Headless Chicken Festival.
- SETH BOSTER seth.boster@gazette.com
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Crested Butte faces the modern plights of Colorado mountain towns. How are locals feeling about Vail's new stamp on the ski resort?
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BRECKENRIDGE • Snow crunches. Branches snap. In the shady woods east of town, people sneak through the trees.
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GUNNISON • A peculiar, sweet sound drifts down Main Street.
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“The LAST Great Place.” So reads the town’s welcome sign in this inconspicuous place between towering granite walls, somewhere between the bet…
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LA VETA • From the high gravel road, the Sangre de Cristo mountains appear to have been swallowed by a dark shadow that won’t soon rise.
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No matter how you get there, the views going into Lake City are spectacular.
- Seth Boster seth.boster@gazette.com
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GRAND JUNCTION - Bruce Benge ruffles through the clutter of the shoe store's back room, determined to find the picture.
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TIMNATH - The house hides under the concrete bridge of Harmony Road, which carves between Costco and Walmart and fast-food joints and parking …
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HUERFANO COUNTY - Ray Shaw is passed by every day. Anyone who's driven down Interstate 25 toward Walsenburg has seen his name on the wall of t…
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MARBLE - More homes are in demand, and Mike Yellico will provide, though not without feeling some conflict. The long-haired, Chaco-footed owne…
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VICTOR - Karen and Sam Morrison are known for their brooms. "But we're more than that," Karen says inside Victor Trading Co., the soft-spoken …
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Huerfano County - From Interstate 25, it's as impossible to miss as the wind turbines that break the view of the mighty twin peaks: a 300-foot…
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CAÑON CITY - The monks are gone, along with the property's Catholic distinction, but whether the former Holy Cross Abbey is more historic than…
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EAGLE COUNTY - This winter, maybe on their way to ski resorts off Interstate 70, people will drive west on U.S. 24, passing Leadville and the …
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WOODY CREEK - I was warned that I would be an outsider here, and that I wouldn't do myself any favors by asking around about Hunter S. Thompso…
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ANTONITO - A man was being mean at the Indiana Jones Bed and Breakfast, and all Sabra Lynn had to do was stare him down. She was ready to kick…
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ALLENSPARK - Traditions have come and gone here at Meeker Park Lodge, but this one around suppertime remains. The setting sun casts an orange …