Morrison, Colorado: Tiny Town

This is Colorado's smallest metropolis, a historic miniature village of over 100 buildings that has stood on the banks of Turkey Creek since George Turner started building it for his daughter in 1915. Originally it was a fancy place full of little buildings, roadways, fountains and an adult-sized pueblo that burned down in 1935 (Tiny Town itself was saved by a child, 13-year-old Ossie Frazier).

Since 1989 Tiny Town has been open continuously, and features miniature replicas of famous Colorado landmarks including the Coney Island Hot Dog, Stanley Mill, Arvada Flour Mill, The Fort, Argo Gold Mill, and an intricate replica of Denver's former Victorian fire station. Tiny Town also has its own 15-inch gauge train for children and adults to ride around the grounds in.

We were driving through Colorado this year and took a picture of the hot dog stand in Conifer. A little farther east on 285 is Tiny Town, a collection of small houses and buildings. There's a tiny giant hot dog amongst the buildings. I grew up in Denver and the hot dog stand used to be in Denver before being moved to it's present location. Tiny Town has been there for about 80 years . I was pleasantly surprised it was still there for me to show my daughter.