Back in the 1940s, an eight-year-old girl told a Walt Disney artist, Arturo Monaco, what she believed Santa’s home and village looked like. Mr. Monaco turned her vision into blueprints for an actual village — the first was built in Lake Placid, NY, in the late 1940s, and the second was built in 1956 at [...]
DATE: November 24, 2009 | FILED IN: CO Attractions | AUTHOR: Jen Wolfe
Often referred to as the “Heart of Colorado’s Fruit and Wine Country,” Palisade, Colorado, is world famous for its peaches. It also hosts 75% of the state’s premium wine grape vineyards. Situated at the base of the Grand Mesa on the Colorado River, Palisade is also in the center of outdoor activities in Western Colorado.
Palisade [...]
DATE: October 17, 2009 | FILED IN: CO Attractions | AUTHOR: Jen Wolfe
What better way to capture the beauty and feel of the Old Southwest than by rail? Before railroads, the only way to get to many areas of the Southwest was by horse, mule or stagecoach — all of which were rather uncomfortable ways to travel. After the construction of the Rio Grande’s San Juan Extension, [...]
DATE: October 15, 2009 | FILED IN: CO Attractions, NM Attractions | AUTHOR: Jen Wolfe
What better way to experience the majesty and grandeur of the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado than by narrow gauge railroad! The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad line runs between the old mining towns of Durango and Silverton, Colorado.
The tracks run along the steep sides of a mountain high above the Animas River. [...]
DATE: July 28, 2009 | FILED IN: CO Attractions | AUTHOR: Jen Wolfe
