…food and travel stories by Karren Doll Tolliver
Emmanuel Art Gallery resides on the Auraria campus in Denver. By turns an Episcopal chapel, Jewish synagogue, artist studio and now exhibit space, the 1876 building is on the National Register and Denver's Landmark Preservation list. Art exhibits are free and open to the public.
Larimer Square is one of Denver's first streets. It's also the city's first historic district, thanks to Dana Crawford and her preservation project in the 1960s. The Old-West buildings have been preserved and now serve as home to wonderful restaurants, bars and other venues just a few blocks from Union Station in Lower Downtown (LoDo) Denver.
Local Historic Landmark: Broomfield, Colorado, Crescent Grange #136 Hall and a bit of Old West history about the Patrons of Husbandry and their modern-day role in the community.
Here are some pictures from historic Georgetown, Colorado, an Old West town dating from 1859. Nestled in the Rocky Mountains, it hosts one end of the Georgetown Loop Historic Steam Train. Every October, they celebrate John Denver and the movie The Christmas Gift.
Enjoy a stop on the historic Route 66 at Seligman, Arizona. Angel and Vilma's Route 66 Gift Shop has every imaginable souvenir emblazoned with the famous highway sign. Plus, you might notice a few similarities between Seligman and the fictional Radiator Springs in the Pixar movie "Cars".