Colorado is full of cool, quirky and unique people that you won’t find anywhere else…Agree? Did you know that Colorado is also full of cool, quirky and unique museums, restaurants and attractions? If you’re a fan of quirky (like myself), you must check out these 10 “weird” yet cool places in Colorado:
Please note, Outlaws & Law Men Jail Museum is temporarily closed.
- Grandpa Jerry’s Clown Museum (Arriba)
Yelp Please note, Grandpa Jerry’s Clown Museum has permanently closed. Here’s a riddle: What do you get when you fill a small building with 3,000 clowns? Answer: We’re not sure, because we’re too scared of clowns to visit this one-of-a-kind museum!
- Bishop Castle (Rye)
Wikimedia Commons Built by one man over several decades, Bishop Castle is a unique place with an interesting history and potentially offensive tour guide. It’s like an unconventional Disneyland!
- Lee Maxwell Washing Machine Museum (Greeley)
TripAdvisor My first question? Why? Lee Maxwell’s first question? Why not? Maxwell’s Antique Washing Machine Museum is a visitor favorite with more than 1,000 antique and vintage machines!
- UFO Watchtower (Hooper)
Wikimedia Commons Pretty self explanatory: it’s an “out-of-this-world” observation platform, campground and gift shop!
- The Airplane Restaurant (Colorado Springs)
Yelp Cool concept? Check. Good food? Double check! A kinda strange/awesome story to one day tell your grandchildren? You know it!
- Museum of Colorado Prisons (Canon City)
Wikimedia Commons Housed in an old women’s prison, this Canon City museum was established “to collect, preserve, conserve, exhibit, and interpret the historical heritage of the Colorado Prison System.”
- Swetsville Zoo (Fort Collins)
Yelp A childhood favorite to many (including myself), the Swetsville Zoo houses more than 150 sculptures made from recycled car parts, farm machinery and scrap metal.
- Outlaws & Law Men Jail Museum (Cripple Creek)
Outlaws and Lawmen Jail Museum Facebook In case you didn’t get your fill of the justice system at the Canon City Museum, you can check out the Cripple Creek Jail Museum and relive the days of the Wild West!
- May Natural History Museum (Colorado Springs)
May Natural History Museum Facebook I have always been fascinated with entomology. (Is that weird?) So I personally think that exploring more than 7,000 (dead) insects would be awesome!
- NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex (Colorado Springs)
Wikimedia Commons It’s essentially a city inside of a freaking mountain! Ingenious? Totally! Kinda weird? Umm, yeah.
Which quirky/weird Colorado spot is your favorite?
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Please note, Grandpa Jerry’s Clown Museum has permanently closed. Here’s a riddle: What do you get when you fill a small building with 3,000 clowns? Answer: We’re not sure, because we’re too scared of clowns to visit this one-of-a-kind museum!
Wikimedia Commons
Built by one man over several decades, Bishop Castle is a unique place with an interesting history and potentially offensive tour guide. It’s like an unconventional Disneyland!
TripAdvisor
My first question? Why? Lee Maxwell’s first question? Why not? Maxwell’s Antique Washing Machine Museum is a visitor favorite with more than 1,000 antique and vintage machines!
Pretty self explanatory: it’s an “out-of-this-world” observation platform, campground and gift shop!
Cool concept? Check. Good food? Double check! A kinda strange/awesome story to one day tell your grandchildren? You know it!
Housed in an old women’s prison, this Canon City museum was established “to collect, preserve, conserve, exhibit, and interpret the historical heritage of the Colorado Prison System.”
A childhood favorite to many (including myself), the Swetsville Zoo houses more than 150 sculptures made from recycled car parts, farm machinery and scrap metal.
Outlaws and Lawmen Jail Museum Facebook
In case you didn’t get your fill of the justice system at the Canon City Museum, you can check out the Cripple Creek Jail Museum and relive the days of the Wild West!
May Natural History Museum Facebook
I have always been fascinated with entomology. (Is that weird?) So I personally think that exploring more than 7,000 (dead) insects would be awesome!
It’s essentially a city inside of a freaking mountain! Ingenious? Totally! Kinda weird? Umm, yeah.
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