Destination Hotels & Resorts - Aspen, CO

Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Colorado

While in Colorado, you might enjoy a visit to:

The Buckhorn Exchange has been serving up fleshy chow under the marble-eyed gaze of its kill since 1893.
~104 miles from Aspen.

America's Favorite Cannibal is immortalized by meat dishes -- and a marble bust -- at the Alferd Packer Memorial Grill.
~100 miles from Aspen.

Alferd Packer ate five people during a bad winter in 1874, but escaped justice on a technicality and went on to become America's most celebrated cannibal.
~85 miles from Aspen.

Buckskin Joe's hangings are part of a Wild West show, acted out by semipro gunslingers and seasonally underemployed ski instructors.
~94 miles from Aspen.

Beloved pooch who hung around a train station during the Depression.
~134 miles from Aspen.

Ancient Indian cliff dwellings conveniently located near other authentic tourist attractions.
~105 miles from Aspen.

Celebrated decapitated chicken that lived -- for a while.
~102 miles from Aspen.

Lee Maxwell, passionate collector of ancient washing machines, has his total up to 978 at last count.
~143 miles from Aspen.

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