Travel Reference
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Each year 250,000 people take the brewery's free self-guided tour, which includes free
samples for the over-21 crowd. A free shuttle takes people from the car park.
Colorado Railroad Museum
( 303-279-4591;
www.coloradorailroadmuseum.org
; 17155 W 44th Ave; adult/child $10/5, train rides $15/5 (Sat
only); 9am-5pm; )
With more than 100 railroad engines, a 500yd looping track, ca-
booses and rolling stock, as well as paraphernalia and regalia, this is a must-stop for train
fanatics touring the region. The stars of the show are the well-restored Galloping Goose
railcars (or motors, if you want to get technical).
Built in Ridgeway, Colorado, these small trains were made from converted cars (three
of the original seven are now at the museum). They were used to transport small groups of
people and cargo through the mountainous region and keep the Rio Grande Southern line
profitable in remote Colorado. There's also a comprehensive library of all things locomot-
ive, the Restoration Roundhouse, a working turntable and Colorado's coolest model train
downstairs.
MUSEUM
Buffalo Bill Museum & Grave
(
MUSEUM
303-526-0744;
www.buffalobill.org
;
987 1/2 Lookout Mountain Rd; adult/child/senior $5/1/4;
9am-5pm;
)
This museum celebrates the life and legend of William F 'Buffalo Bill' Cody, an icon of
the American West. At his request he was buried at this site overlooking both the Great
Plains and the Rockies, and today it attracts a steady stream of RVs to snap pictures of his
statue.
The museum and gift shop are pure kitsch and probably not recommended for those
with a progressive view on Native American history. Still, Bill's biography is a fascinating
one: when he began his show-business career at age 26 in Chicago in 1872, he had already
spent more than a decade as a fur trapper, gold prospector, cattle herder, Pony Express
rider and army scout, crossing the Great Plains many times in the West's pioneering years.
His show became hugely popular and traveled to England in 1887 for Queen Victoria's
Golden Jubilee celebrations.
MUSEUM
Foothills Art Center
( 303-279-3922;
www.foothillsartcenter.org
; 809 15th St)
This small, carefully managed com-
munity arts center hosts works by local artists, as well as receiving occasional traveling
exhibits.
