Sure, it’s nice to have our extraordinary state emphasized by national publications including USA Today (who just named Winter Park the very best ski city in North America) or even Vogue (who wrote about the Denver restaurant, pub and street art landscape ) — but when it comes down to this, we overlook ’t need non-Coloradans telling us exactly why our state is just the best. In the hills into the valley, from north to the south west and anywhere in between, Colorado has an adventure at each mile marker. Whether or not you would like to travel for artwork or the outdoors, see the sights from Denver or just even spend a couple of nights in a picturesque setting, there is never a dull minute — particularly once you have a record of 100 things to do in Colorado at 2019. A few of them are unique to the entire year — as in, you won’t see them 2020 — and a few are the tried-and-true Centennial State bucket list items. Whether you’ve lived here your entire life or just arrived, check off most of these tasks and invite us afterwards.
1. Go to the new Meow Wolf ride in Elitch Gardens, Kaleidoscape
2. Explore Zapata Falls near the Great Sand Dunes National Park
3. Watch what the fuss is all about in the new gin disco palace, Yeah Baby
4. Spend an afternoon at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) to get only one cent on Saturdays (for Colorado taxpayers )
5. ) Watch the outfits and designs from Dior above a span of 70 years now in the Denver Art Museum
6. Go skiing or snowboarding at all of the Colorado resorts on the new Ikon Pass
7. Fill your belly with some of these best ramen at Denver
8. Drive it like you’re playing a video game in the life-size variant of Mario Kart
9. Have a look at Fifty-Two 80s for merchandise from your childhood
10. Sense “raised ” by seeing the International Church of Cannabis at Denver, painted onto the inside by famous celebrity Okuda San Miguel
11. Encourage local artists by buying a few of their creations at a neighborhood art boutique, like RiNo Made, Helikon Gallery or even Cooper+Dash
12. Taste just a little something at each fresh restaurant opening at 2019
13. Brave the wilderness over your normal weekend car camping place and go subtropical camping
14. Investigate a whimsical forest in the Museum of Outdoor Art’s new display Natura Obscura
15. Chill and fulfill other like-minded people at Denver’s new treehouse-inspired clubhouse, Archipelago
16. Welcome Denver-born artist Jordan Casteel straight back into the Mile High City with her very first solo exhibition in the Denver Art Museum
17. Participate at the 2019 Womxn’s March Denver
18. Complete the ski season with an end-of-year ski party in one of Colorado’s mountain resort cities 19. Celebrate all things Denver about 303 Day (March 3)
20. Chase a storm using specialists on one of these storm chasing tours
21. Visit the mountain city of Breckenridge not for outside pursuits, but also for civilization in the International Festival of Arts (BIFA)
22. Have a date to one of these romantic venues
23. Visit the artistic incubator Understudy to get a new exhibition nearly every month
24. If you’re lucky enough to locate tickets, live the glory days of rock ‘n’ roster using all the Rolling Stones in Mile High Stadium
25. Return in time in the Colorado Renaissance Fair
26. Gain a new appreciation for chalk in the Chalk Art Festival on Larimer Square
27. Have a scooter experience on one of Denver’s five ride-share scooter programs
28. Test skydiving without risking your life in the virtual reality skydiving encounter 29. Just take an art scavenger hunt around Boulder to get some of SMiLE’s street artwork
30. Attend a socially-relevant functionality in Curious Theatre Company
31. Explore one of Denver’s 12 international bakeries to feel as if you’re travel while staying at home
32. Connect yourself to music and nature in the annual Arise music festival
33. Eat dinner and enjoy a performance at Beckon’s 17-seat, ticketed restaurant
34. Watch KISS or Elton John for your final time on their farewell tours
35. Go to the most comprehensive exhibit of Leonardo da Vinci in the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
36. Feel whimsical at the returning Unicorn Festival
37. Take your out-of-town traffic on one of these 10 short hikes close Denver
38. Hop to a retro sidecar to research Colorado‘s hidden jewels 39. Watch Weird Al with the Colorado Symphony in Red Rocks
40. Shop in the recently opened Zara
41. Catch see some fantastic local performances and up-and-coming federal acts at The Underground Music Showcase
42. See one of America’s “trendiest towns” — Durango — as decided by Budget Travel
43. Test snowshoeing with these novice routes
44. Explore a number of Colorado’s concealed caves
45. Discover new regional music in Red Rocks’ neighborhood set series
46. Watch the only US showing of Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature in the Denver Art Museum
47. Locate your fitness at Denver’s initially and only SoulCycle
48. Search social media to Locate a free piece of artwork concealed around Denver on the first Tuesday of September to get World Art Drop Day
49. Scream and sing along just as though you’re a star at Backstreet Boys’ Denver stop on their world tour
50. Get pumped at North America’s largest climbing gym, Earth Treks at Golden
51. View world-class street celebrities paint the walls and alleys of RiNo in the 10th Yearly CRUSH festival
52. Meet local authors and inspire your internal writing muse in the annual Denver Lit Crawl
53. Educate yourself on your own neighborhood city council members
54. VOTE on November 5
55. Watch Cartoon movies and potential Oscar nominations in the 42nd annual Denver Film Festival
56. Spend a week dressing from your fashionable clothes at Denver Fashion Week
57. Have a blast to the past in the Media Archeology Lab
58. Visit the Noosa farm at Fort Collins to realize how their yogurt has been created 59. Require selfies with an Alpaca in the Great Western Alpaca Show
60. Spend one of your Sundays helping people in need by creating sack lunches for the homeless with Impact
61. Pick out the best autumn road trip to observe the leaves changing colors
62. Terrify yourself in one of Colorado’s scariest Halloween attractions
63. Celebrate the biggest washing machine collection on Earth in the Lee Maxwell Washing Machine Museum
64. Relive a scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in the Indiana Jones Bed & Breakfast at Antonito
65. Sneak into the rear of an ice cream shop to undergo a unique speakeasy
66. Try out Archery Dodgeball (it’s less dangerous than it sounds)
67. Fill up on most of the best beer in the Great American Beer Festival
68. Laugh like it’s 2005 when Dane Cook or Adam Sandler come to Denver on their respective comedy trips 69. Meet owls and other birds of prey in person in Hawkquest — a Colorado nonprofit
70. Blend art gallery hopping and walnut nibbles in the Art of Brunch
71. Eat with an incredible view at one of these Colorado restaurants that highlight the surrounding scene
72. Have a date to a hot or cozy cocktail pub
73. Proceed to a concert in the recently opened Mission Ballroom at RiNo
74. Go UFO spotting at one of those extraterrestrial locations
75. Rent a luxury cottage for affordable to possess an extravagant winter in Colorado
76. Try out indoor skydiving using virtual reality to feel as though it’s the real thing.
77. Stretch with animals at Rocky Mountain Goat Yoga
78. Buy an iconic western snap shirt, bolo tie or necktie in the Denver institution, Rockmount Ranch Wear
79. Let your adorable radar go off the scale in the Denver Museum of Miniatures, Toys and Dolls
80. Grow a green thumb and increase your own houseplants
81. See one of Colorado’s most endangered places before it’s late
82. Aspire to become a pilot using flight simulators and other tools for flying in the Boeing Blue Sky Aviation Gallery
83. Get to know your community butcher (and stop buying pink slime meat in the grocery store)
84. Get down in an after-hours party using Peer Review
85. Have a trip to Vail to walk throughout the Stickwork sculptures from artist Patrick Dougherty
86. Give to your preferred local charities on Colorado Gives Day
87. Watch the Grand Illumination of Union Station and the Civic Center Building for your holidays
88. Record your own podcast in House of Pod or even Podspace
89. Spend your summer months and sunny days on one of Denver’s 100 patios
90. Feel relaxed and caffeinated with a few CBD java
91. Watch the winter grandeur in the Ice Castles in Dillon
92. Cut your own Christmas tree, the Ideal way
93. Proceed to all three of Death & Co.. ‘s pubs and watch a magic show while you drink
94. Adventure across the state to locate mysterious and magical castles
95. Go somewhere outside Colorado — just so That You can overlook the Centennial State
96. Read more 303 Magazine
97. Support your local journalists
98. Total All of the items about the Colorado bucket checklist in 2017
99. Total All of the items about the Colorado bucket checklist in 2018
100. Remember to be grateful that you Reside in Colorado (see 1 – 99)
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