Cripple Creek CO Cheap and Free Things To Do and Attractions

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AMollie Kathleen Gold Mine

  • 1 mile N. Hwy. 67
    Cripple Creek, CO 80813
  • +1 719 689 2466
  • Overview The only 1,000 foot vertical shaft gold mine tour in the U.S.; the vein was discovered by Mollie Kathleen Gortner in 1891. more on TripAdvisor
  • Overview The tour of the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine lowers you 1,000 vertical-feet into the earth. The mine, established in 1892, is only 300 yards from the first mine of the rush, the El Paso Lode. The view ... more on Weather.com

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Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine
1 mile N. Hwy. 67
Cripple Creek, CO 80813

BCripple Creek District Museum

  • 500 Bennett Dr
    Cripple Creek, CO 80813
  • +1 719 689 2634
  • Overview This museum is housed in three historic buildings: the 1895 Midland Terminal Railway Depot, a turn of the century assay office, and the 1893 Colorado Trading and Transfer Building. Displays of Victorian housewares, Native American artifacts, and mining memorabilia give a good sense of the area's ... more on Weather.com
  • Overview The Cripple Creek District Museum provides a glimpse into mining life at the turn of the 20th century. more on Fodor's

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Cripple Creek District Museum
500 Bennett Dr
Cripple Creek, CO 80813

COld Homestead House Museum

  • 353 Myers Avenue
    Cripple Creek, CO
  • +1 719 689 3090
  • Overview House that was a 1890's brothel. more on TripAdvisor

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Old Homestead House Museum
353 Myers Avenue
Cripple Creek, CO

DCripple Creek District Museum

  • 500 Bennett Dr
    Cripple Creek, CO 80813
  • +1 719 689 9540

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Cripple Creek District Museum
500 Bennett Dr
Cripple Creek, CO 80813

ECripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad

  • 520 E. Carr St.
    Cripple Creek, CO , USA
  • +1 719 689 2640
  • Overview The Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad weaves over reconstructed trestles and past abandoned mines to the Anaconda ghost town, then back up to Cripple Creek during the 45-minute ride. In the boom days of the 1870s through the silver crash of 1893, more than 50 ore-laden trains made th... more on Fodor's

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Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad
520 E. Carr St.
Cripple Creek, CO , USA

FFlorissant Fossil Beds

Florissant Fossil Beds
  • 15807 Teller County Rd 1
    Florissant, CO 80816
  • +1 719 748 3253
  • Highlights: visitor center, guided tours, wheelch… more
  • Location: Florissant, Colorado (6.7 miles from Cripple Creek)
  • Overview Located just 30 west of Colorado Springs, this National Monument provides stunning glimpses to what roamed over the planet 30-million years ago. Amazingly detailed fossils of over 1,400 insects and 140 plants have been found in this mountain meadow, making it a popular museum supply center. Over ... more on Yahoo! Travel
  • Overview Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is located in a mountain valley just west of Pikes Peak and holds spectacular remnants of the earth's prehistoric life. Huge petrified redwoods and incredibly detailed fossils of ancient insects and plants reveal a very different landscape in Colorado of l... more on En.wikipedia.org

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Florissant Fossil Beds
15807 Teller County Rd 1
Florissant, CO 80816

GNORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command)

  • Cheyenne Mountain
    Colorado Springs, CO
  • We live in Colorado Springs and are military and can't even get a tour of NORAD. Tours are currently unavailable. You may confirm this on their website. I think at one time tours were available but since ... more on TripAdvisor
  • Overview Military defense/intelligence operation that lets visitors in on a reservation only basis, and book well in advance. more on TripAdvisor

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NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command)
Cheyenne Mountain
Colorado Springs, CO