Living - Places - Denver, Colorado, USA
Denver has many neighborhoods, entertainment venues, museums, and other places with Web sites
- Sites: Places such as parks, buildings, public gardens and zoos, notable buildings, libraries, interesting places
- Aquarium: Entertainment and dining complex; features a public aquarium with 3.7 Ml of underwater exhibits, Sting Ray Reef touch tank; formerly Colorado's Ocean Journey
- Auraria Ctr: Auraria Higher Education Center; shared campus facilities and non-academic functions including book store, child care, scheduling, and police; Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
- Botanic Garden: Denver Botanic Gardens; 9 hectares of gardens at York Street; 303 hectares of wildlife and plants in Littleton; Mount Goliath, a high altitude trail and interpretive site on the Mount Evans Scenic Byway; and Centennial Gardens, a 2 hectare formal garden in downtown Denver
- Buildings Emporis: Emporis coverage of Denver buildings; Skycrapers, architecture, buildings, real estate, and construction news; from Emporis databases on buildings and the real-estate industry
- Butterfly Pavillion: 1,200 free-flying butterflies; tropical conservatory; chrysalis viewing area; in Westminster
- Capitol: Colorado State Capitol; public tours; in Civic Center Park; plaque on the steps of capitol building notes its elevation at 1.609344 kilometers above sea level
- Colorado: Colorado Tourism Office; information on things to do, tourism information, cities, and regions in Colorado
- CO Inns: Bed and Breakfast Inns of Colorado
- CO Lodging: Colorado Hotel and Lodging Association; searchable database of travel accommodations and vacation lodging in Colorado
- Dinosaur Ridge: Dinosaur fossil area; tracks and bone quarry; near Morrison
- Forests: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region; 17 national forests and 7 national grasslands throughout Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
- Four Mile Pk: Four Mile (6.4 km) Historic Park; 4.8 hectare park located 6.4 km southeast of downtown; Denver's oldest standing structure, pioneer exhibits, special events
- Lakeside Amuse: Lakeside Amuseument Park; roller coaster, Ferris wheel and other rides
- Library DPL: Denver Public Library
- Parking-USA: USA Parking; links to information about automobile parking and services that serve a national audience
- Parks City & Co: Parks & Recreation Department, City and County of Denver
- Rocky MA NWR: Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge; 68 square kilometers of open lakes, wetlands, prairie grasslands, and woodlands just west of Denver International Airport; environmental education programs for urban school children; US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Six Flags: Elitch Gardens; amusement park downtown; formerly located for 104 years in a West Denver neighborhood
- Union St: Union Station transit center; RTD light rail service (C-Line), bus service, and passenger service by Amtrak
- US Mint: United States Mint Denver; produces coins and medals, protects gold and silver; public tours
- Water World: 25-hectare family waterpark
- Wildlife: The Wildlife Experience; exhibits about wildlife and habitat; in Parker, about 16 km southeast of downtown Denver
- Zoo: Denver Zoo; 32 hectares of grounds; owned by the City and County of Denver and funded in part by the Scientific And Cultural Facilities District; founded 1896
- Neighborhoods: Areas of town with a distinct identity or official status as a business improvement district (BID), neighborhood association, or other designation
- List: Denver neighborhoods list; from Neighborhood Link
- Downtown: Downtown Denver Partnership
- Larimer Sq: LoDo mixed-use area; dining, shopping and nightlife; along the Cherry Creek river and between 14th and 15th Streets; site of early settlements; named after General William H. Larimer, Jr.
- LoDo: Lower Downtown Historic District
- Stapleton: mixed-use development; at site of old Denver Stapleton airport
- Venues: Places for performances, concerts, athletics, conventions, tradeshows, gatherings
- Arvada Ctr: Performing arts center; indoor theater, amphitheater; concerts, plays, classes, art galleries; in Arvada
- Coliseum: Denver Coliseum; cultural, entertainment, sporting and public assembly events; home to the National Western Stock Show; Coliseum is near National Western Complex
- Amphitheatre: Denver Ampitheatre; a 17,916 capacity amphitheatre; Greenwood Village; formerly Comfort Dental Amphitheatre, Fiddlers Green; check Web site for current name
- Stadium: 50,200-seat baseball stadium; home field of Colorado Rockies; possibly named Coors Field; check Web site for current name
- Denver Ctr: Denver Performing Arts Complex; The Buell Theatre, The Galleria Theatre, The Stage Theatre, Space Theatre, Ricketson Theatre, and Jones Theatre
- Field: 76,125-seat football stadium; home field of Denver Broncos (football), Rapids (soccer); at site of former Mile (1.6 km) High stadium; formerly Invesco Field at Mile (1.6 km) High; formerly Sports Authority Field at Mile (1.6 km) High; possibly Empower Filed at Mile (1.6 km) High
- MACC: Mizel Arts Culture Center; 300-Seat Shwayder Theatre
- Nat Western: Complex; over 5 hectares of area including Events Center, Expo Hall, Hall of Education, Stadium Arena, Stadium Hall; used to host the annual National Western Stock Show & Rodeo as well as events year-round
- Pepsi Ctr: 19,099-seat multi-use indoor arena; home of the Nuggets (basketball), Avalanche (hockey), Crush (Arena football), Mammoth (Lacrosse), and Rapids (soccer)
- Red Rocks: Park and Ampitheatre; 24 km west of Denver; geologically formed, open-air Amphitheatre; performers have included John Tesh; 300 million years old; park is owned and maintained by the city of Denver
- Museums: Displays of objects; includes planned educational activities related to art, history, culture, or science
- Art Arvada: Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities; galleries of contemporary, folk, art, design and crafts
- Art DAM: Denver Art Museum; major art museum; noted American Indian, pre-Columbian, and Spanish Colonial collections; founded 1893; noted 2006 expansion designed by architect Daniel Libeskind
- Art DEN: Denver International Airport Art Displays; permanent collection of 26 site-specific works created by 39 artists including sculptures, murals and installations; exhibition program
- Art MCART: Museum of Contemporary Art
- Art Kirkland: Vance Kirkland Museum; 20th-century decorative arts; strong focus on first 3/4 of 20th century; paintings of the Colorado artist, Vance Kirkland (1904-1981); work of other 20th Century American artists
- Art Outdoor: Museum of Outdoor Arts; art, architecture and landscape design integrated into the community and business environment; outdoor sculptures in Greenwood Plaza; indoor galleries, studios and offices in the Englewood Civic Center
- Aviation: Wings Over The Rockies Air and Space Museum; exhibits include technology, avionics, spacecraft, and aircraft; Boeing B-52B, Rockwell B-1A Lancer, Grumman F-14, Cessna U-3A, and Beech UC-45
- Children's: The Children's Museum of Denver; hands-on experience for children newborn to age eight and their grown-ups
- CO Hist: Colorado Historical Society; History Museum in Denver, part of Civic Center Cultural complex
- Firefighters: Denver Firefighters Museum; history of firefighting in Denver as well as public education about fire prevention; located in historic Denver Fire Station number 1, constructed in 1909 and on the National Register of Historic Places
- Miniatures: Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys; workshops and outreach programs; in the Pearce-McAllister Cottage, a property owned by the Colorado Historical Society near City Park
- Mizel Ctr: Singer Gallery; modern and contemporary art exhibitions; part of Mizel Center for Arts and Culture
- Molly Brown: Historic Denver's Molly Brown House Museum; the story of Margaret Tobin Brown (1867-1932) who became known as "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" after her death; museum is in her former house in the Capitol Hill neighborhood
- Museo: Museo de las Americas; art and culture of the people of Latin America, from ancient times to the present
- Nature & Science: Denver Museum of Nature & Science; informal science education in the natural wonders of Colorado, Earth, and the universe; located in City Park
- Tiny Town RR: One-sixth-sized town; steam train ride; at the site of the Denver-Leadville stagecoach stop southwest of Denver; originally built in 1915
- Transportation: Forney Transportation Museum; exhibits of historical transportation vehicles of all kinds: antique cars, trains, railcars, buggies, carriages, wagons, fire engines, aircraft, cable car, trolleys, tractor, motorcycles, bicycles, tricycles, and related costumes
- Wildlife: The Wildlife Experience; wildlife and habitats; Parker
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