Denver is nicknamed the Mile High City because its official elevation is exactly one mile (5280 feet) above sea level.

Colorado is bordered by seven states: Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas to the east, Oklahoma to the southeast, New Mexico to the south, Utah to the west, and Arizona to the southwest at the Four Corners.

Known to locals by the nickname Blucifer, the 32 feet (9.8 m) tall sculpture is rumored to be cursed. Colored bright blue, with illuminated glowing red eyes, it is notable both for its striking appearance and for having killed its creator, Luis Jiménez, when a piece of the 9000 pound sculpture fell on his leg and severed an artery.

The Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocoryus) is a migrant bird. Flocks arrive in April and inhabit the plains regions and areas up to 8,000 feet in elevation. They fly south again in September.

At 405 feet long and 100 feet wide, the Glenwood Hot Springs Pool in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, is the largest hot springs mineral pool in the world. The source of the pool's mineral water is the Yampah spring which produces over 3.5 million gallons of water per day at a temperature of 122°F.

It's hard to think of any device in modern history that can provoke more feelings of intense rage, grief and sheer desperation than the wheel boot, parking boot, or auto immobilizer. All these are names for what's commonly known as the Denver Boot--because that's where it was invented.

John Long Routt served as the first and seventh Governor of Colorado from 1876 to 1879 and 1891 to 1893. Routt was very popular among the female citizenry of the state because of his strong support for women's suffrage--with nudges from his wife, Eliza Pickrell Routt, a pioneer in the women's suffrage movement.

If you've seen the many colorful pianos dotting the streets of Fort Collins, you may have wondered what they're all about. Pianos About Town is a collaboration between Bohemian Foundation, the Downtown Development Authority, and the City of Fort Collins Art in Public Places Program. At 20 different locations during the summer and six locations during the winter, the whimsical pianos, painted by local artists, beckon to passersby and invite them to make and listen to music together.

In The Stand (1978), Boulder is the gathering point for some of the survivors of the superflu. King lived in Boulder for a little less than a year, beginning in the autumn of 1974, and wrote The Shining (1977) during this period.

Settlers from the Taos Valley established several small villages along the Rio Culebra in the San Luis Valley in 1851. A church was constructed in the central village of La Plaza Medio and dedicated at the Feast of Saint Louis on June 21, 1851. The village was later renamed San Luis de la Culebra in honor of its patron saint. San Luis remained part of the Territory of New Mexico until 1861 when the Territory of Colorado was established. Today, San Luis is the oldest continuously inhabited town in the state of Colorado.