Posts Tagged ‘Colorado’
Two-Lane Tidbit: Stations of the Cross, San Luis, CO
Sitting atop La Mesa de la Piedad y de la Misericordia (the Hill of Piety and Misery) in San Luis, CO, the oldest town in Colorado, is the Shrine of the Stations of the Cross. Fifteen bronze statues created by local artist Huberto Maestas depicting the Stations of the Cross, the final hours of Jesus’…
Read MoreSign Seeker: Driftwood Motel, Denver, CO
The Driftwood Motel sits just off Denver’s Colfax Ave/US Highway 40, “the longest, wickedest street in America”. It looked like a pretty hopping place in the 60s based on postcards; however, we are unable to find any other history, with the exception of the less than stellar more recent happenings of explosion and barricade situations.
Read MoreTwo-Lane Tidbit: Crossan’s M&A Market, Yampa, CO
A tiny town with just one paved road, Yampa, CO, which lies between Steamboat Springs and Vail, is home to Crossan’s M&A Market. The heart of town for decades, it opened in 1903 in anticipation of the coming railroad and was the community general store until its closure in 1964. After its closure, it sat…
Read MoreTwo-Lane Tidbit: Warden’s House, Cañon City, CO
Cañon City, CO is home to more than the famous Royal Gorge Bridge, it’s also home to the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility. Despite digging we can’t quite get a straight story, but as we once heard, way back in 1868 (before Colorado was a state), Cañon City had the choice of the state prison or…
Read MoreTwo-Lane Tidbit: Dinosaur, CO
In the far northwest corner of Colorado, the westernmost town in the state, Dinosaur, welcomes visitors as they head to Dinosaur National Monument. Originally named Baxter Springs for the couple that owned the town, in the 1930s the town was more frequently referred to as Artesia and was officially incorporated as such in 1947. In…
Read MoreTwo-Lane Tidbit: Meeker Hotel, Meeker, CO
Opened in 1892 in old military barracks and rebuilt into its current building in 1896, the Meeker Hotel in Meeker, CO holds a few distinctions- it is one of the oldest operating hotels in Colorado and the only historic hotel still standing in the northwest part of the state. Meeker was a popular stage stop…
Read MoreTwo-Lane Tidbit: Castlewood Canyon Dam, Franktown, CO
Located approximately 35 miles southeast of Denver, Castlewood Canyon State Park has a number of trails across plains and through canyons alongside Cherry Creek. It also contains the remains of the Castlewood Dam. Built in 1890 to provide water for farming and production, as well as to hopefully entice settlers downstream, the dam suffered from…
Read MoreTwo-Lane Tidbit: St. Francis Health Center, Colorado Springs, CO
The original hospital in Colorado Springs, the St. Francis Health Center, was built in 1887 as a one-story infirmary to provide medical services to injured railroad workers. After a train derailment near Leadville, it was decided that the city needed a larger hospital and one was built on the site of the now-abandoned St. Francis…
Read MoreSign Seeker: Trail Rider’s Motel, Granby, CO
Trail Riders Motel in Granby, Colorado has definitely been around for quite some time, though we’re not sure for exactly how long. A vintage postcard (from the 1950s?) shows the sign looking relatively the same with the ‘Motel’ part reading ‘Lodge’ and states the motel is “A completely modern motel” with hot water heat, wall-to-wall…
Read MoreOur Favorite Pet-Friendly Roadside Motels
Once upon a time, city streets were lined with the bright and flashy neon of motel signs. The bigger and more elaborate the sign, the more likely the chance of catching the attention of the passing traveler. Sadly, many of these roadside motels and their neon signs have been left to deteriorate, met with the…
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