What is there to do in Denver?

Bex

I'm visiting a friend in Denver but he just moved here. What is there to do that is fun and cheapish?

Answer
Popular things on the Front Range:

Denver:
-16th Street Mall
-Hammonds Candy factory tour (free candy samples)
-Tour state capital
-Tour Brown Palace
-Tour Denver Mint (free, but get reservations early)
-Tour Invesco Field
-Tour Pepsi Center
-Tour Coors Field
-Molly Brown house
-Botanic gardens
-Denver Zoo
-Denver Museum of Nature and Science
-Ocean Journey
-Jump street (indoor trampoline park)
-Elitch Gardens amusement park
-Lakeside amusement park
-Water World

Boulder:
-Pearl Street Mall
-Celestial Seasonings tour
-Banjo Billy bus tour
-NCAR tour (national center for atmospheric research)
-Lots of scenic drives and hikes: Chautauqua park, Flagstaff mountain, etc.
-Butterfly Pavilion

Estes Park:
-Tour the Stanley Hotel (haunted, Stephen Kings inspiration for The Shining)
-American Wilderness Tours
-Elkhorn Ave shopping
-scenic hikes and drives: elk at Moraine Park, Bear Lake hikes, Trail Ridge road, etc.

Golden:
-Coors Brewery tour
-Lookout Mountain (Buffalo Bills grave and bison herd)
-Colorado Mills Mall
-Red Rocks Amphitheater (concert or movie)
-Dinosaur Ridge
-Town of Morrison
-Railroad Museum

Castle Rock:
-Hike to the castle rock
-Outlet Mall

CO Springs:
-Flying W Ranch rodeo, dinner, shows
-Seven Falls
-Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
-Garden of the Gods
-Colorado Gators
-Tour Air Force Academy
-US Olympic Complex
-Royal Gorge rail road, bridge, and park
-Pikes Peak road or cog railway
-Paint Mines park
-Manitou Springs
-Cave of the Winds
-Manitou cliff dwellings
-Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine
-Florrisant Fossil Beds National Monument
-Patsy's chocolate factory tours
-Miramont Castle tours and Victorian lunches
-Colorado Wolf and Wildlife center

Tourist sites:
http://www.colorado.com
http://www.denver.org/
http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/CO-â¦
http://www.coloradoinfo.com/

What to do in Denver/Fort Collins?

Animal

I am visiting my friend at Colorado State in about 2 weeks from a Fri afternoon to Sun afternoon and it's my first time to go to Colorado! :) What should we do? She is asking me for ideas since I'm visiting, but I have no idea what there is to do in Denver or Fort Collins. Ideas? We're 19 and she does have a car.

Thanks! :D

Answer
My compiled list of ideas:

Denver:
-16th Street Mall
-Hammonds Candy factory tour
-Tour state capital
-Tour Brown Palace
-Tour Denver Mint (free, but get reservations early)
-Tour Invesco Field
-Tour Pepsi Center
-Tour Coors Field
-Molly Brown house
-Botanic gardens
-Denver Zoo
-Denver Museum of Nature and Science
-Ocean Journey
-Jump street (indoor trampoline park)
-Elitch Gardens amusement park
-Lakeside amusement park
-Water World

Boulder:
-Pearl Street Mall
-Celestial Seasonings tour
-Banjo Billy bus tour
-NCAR tour (national center for atmospheric research)
-Lots of scenic drives and hikes: Chautauqua park, Flagstaff mountain, etc.
-Butterfly Pavilion

Estes Park:
-Tour the Stanley Hotel (haunted, Stephen Kings inspiration for The Shining)
-American Wilderness Tours
-Elkhorn Ave shopping
-scenic hikes and drives in Rocky Mountain National Park: elk at Moraine Park, Bear Lake hikes, Trail Ridge road, etc.

Golden:
-Coors Brewery tour
-Lookout Mountain (Buffalo Bills grave and bison herd)
-Colorado Mills Mall
-Red Rocks Amphitheater (concert or movie)
-Dinosaur Ridge
-Town of Morrison
-Railroad Museum

CO Springs:
-Flying W Ranch rodeo, dinner, shows
-Seven Falls
-Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
-Garden of the Gods
-Colorado Gators
-Tour Air Force Academy
-US Olympic Complex
-Royal Gorge rail road, bridge, and park
-Pikes Peak road or cog railway
-Paint Mines park
-Manitou Springs
-Cave of the Winds
-Manitou cliff dwellings
-Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine
-Florrisant Fossil Beds National Monument
-Patsy's chocolate factory tours
-Miramont Castle tours and Victorian lunches
-Colorado Wolf and Wildlife center

Then of course there's the scenic drives, skiing, hiking, camping, fishing, rafting, etc at nearly every town all over the mountains.

Useful sites:
http://www.colorado-for-free.com/
http://festivalnet.com
http://www.colorado.com
http://www.denver.org/
http://www.coloradoinfo.com/

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