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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Golden

5 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Golden, Colorado

Updated September 16, 2022

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Sculptured House

Golden, Colorado

The Sculptured House

This iconic science fiction house still looks like something from the future.
Bill, bathed in everlasting light

Golden, Colorado

The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.
Mines Museum of Earth Science

Golden, Colorado

Mines Museum of Earth Science

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.
1933 Everest Goggles

Golden, Colorado

American Alpine Club Library

"All Mountains - All The Time."
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum

Golden, Colorado

Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum

The warmth and creative kitsch of a quilt engulf every patron who visits.
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Dinosaur Ridge

See 150 million-year-old dinosaur tracks and bones dating back to the Jurassic period.
4 miles from Golden
Inside the National Ice Core Lab freezer.

Denver, Colorado

National Ice Core Lab

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.
5 miles from Golden
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