Start Exploring Denver!

Ever wonder about the stories of the places you pass? On Denver Story Trek you’ll explore the stories behind Denver’s historic landscapes and landmarks on an interactive, self-guided tour of the city. It’s simple to use and free!

  • SELECT from dozens of Story Sites or featured Treks
  • BIKEWALK or DRIVE to the Story Sites on your Trek, which include museums, homes, parks and other landmarks
  • LISTEN to the audio files on this site to hear stories about the buildings we pass every day
As early as 1959 Denver began considering a downtown pedestrian mall, but the idea was not given...
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Barney Ford was a successful African American businessman in early Denver. Ford and his wife Julia...
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Due to a devastating fire that claimed many buildings in 1863, the original structure was greatly...
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For long time Colorado residents, the name Baur’s evokes memories of fine food and old-world...
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Uncover the African Americans’ dynamic role in Westward Expansion. Explore the customs, traditions...
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Denver’s original steakhouse, The Buckhorn Exchange is located in the city’s oldest neighborhood,...
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Also known as the Keating Mansion, this home was built in 1891 for Jeffrey and Mary Keating....
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The streets leading in and out of Capitol Hill features familiar names. The names, Byers, Cheesman...
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Castle Marne was built in 1889 by William Lang for William Raymond, an investment banker. Less than...
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Center for Colorado Women's History Building
The Center for Colorado Women’s History offers guided tours of our historic home built in 1883,...
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Take a spin around Cheesman Park, a one-time cemetery transformed into a park between 1898 and 1910...
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Take a break at the intersection of 15th and Broadway, once the end of the stage line and now Civic...
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The Rocky Mountain Cliff May Homes are a development of 170 mid-century modern prefabricated and...
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Pull up a chair in Charlie Brown’s Bar and Grill in the Colburn Hotel, where Jack Kerouac and Neal...
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Stop for a coffee or to watch kayakers run the rapids along the South Platte River at Confluence...
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Meander through the prestigious Denver Country Club Neighborhood. Denver prospered in the early...
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Pass by the Crawford Hill Mansion, now a private business, to view the elegant exterior of the home...
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William B. Daniels and William Fisher opened a five-story department store in 1864. After...
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The Equitable Building was originally home to the Equitable Assurance Company of New York, who...
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Notice Denver Fire Station #3, in operation since 1931, which was once home to the Curtis Park /...
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Opalonga Pugh was a professional story teller, born in Denver in 1952. In this clip she shared...
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On the banks of Cherry Creek, just four miles from downtown Denver, Four Mile Historic Park was...
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Check-out the Governor’s Residence at Boettcher Mansion, built in 1908 as a private home. Today the...
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The House of Mirrors was originally built in 1889. It is the only building in Denver that was...
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When Edward W. Wynkoop came here in 1858, this was Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory. The governor...
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Julia Greeley, Denver’s Angel of Charity, was enslaved until 1865, Greeley arrived in Denver in...
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In 1932, artist Vance Kirkland rented (and later bought) the art school building at 1311 Pearl...
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During the Colorado gold rush, in 1858, a party of Georgians, led by Green Russell settled at the...
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At Eight Avenue and Grant Street, there lie the remains of the former mansion resided by the family...
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The Molly Brown House stands as an enduring symbol of the Victorian era and Denver’s Capitol Hill...
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Stroll along Ninth Street Historic Park, a tree-lined street of working class Victorian homes that...
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The Old Prospector originally stood atop the seven story Mining Exchange Building to represent...
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After the debut of railroads in 1870, the city of Denver was transformed from a small mining town,...
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Designed by Fisher and Fisher in 1909. the Rockmount building reflects Louis Sullivan’s Modern...
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Feel the beat outside the Rossonian Hotel, a thriving jazz mecca from the 1930s to the 1960s.
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Admire St. Catejan on the Auraria Campus, a visual reminder of the central role of church in the...
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Whiz by the Stoiberhof Mansion, which reveals a second Denver connection to the Titanic through...
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Trains were first introduced to Denver, with the Denver Pacific Railway in 1868, which connected...
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Denver Story Trek is a program of Historic Denver, Inc. and partners.