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Photo: Quintin Soloviev, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.How well do you know the Centennial State? From soaring Rocky Mountain peaks and ancient cliff dwellings to historic gold rushes and unique local delicacies, test your knowledge of Colorado!
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Denver is famously known as the "Mile High City" because its official elevation, measured on the steps of the State Capitol building, is exactly 5,280 feet (1,609 meters) above sea level. An interesting detail is that some steps have been marked multiple times due to updated, more precise measurements over the years.
Photo: Quintin Soloviev, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
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Stephen King and his wife spent a night at The Stanley Hotel in 1974 when it was nearly empty and preparing to close for the winter. This eerie atmosphere inspired his bestselling novel "The Shining." Interestingly, the hotel now fully embraces its spooky reputation by offering ghost tours and features a hedge maze similar to the one in the famous film adaptation.
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In 1893, teacher Katharine Lee Bates rode to the top of Pikes Peak and was so moved by the view that she wrote a poem on the spot. Set to music, it became 'America the Beautiful', with its 'purple mountain majesties'. Today you can reach the 4,302-metre summit by car, on foot or by cog railway.
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Red Rocks Amphitheatre is renowned for its incredible acoustics, which are naturally produced by massive, tilted red sandstone formations. The stage is framed by "Ship Rock" on one side and "Creation Rock" on the other. Legendary artists from the Beatles to U2 have performed here, often describing it as one of the most breathtaking outdoor venues on Earth.
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The brilliant dome of the Colorado State Capitol is covered in 24-karat gold leaf, which was first added in 1908 to celebrate the historic Colorado Gold Rush. Inside the building, the builders used extremely rare Colorado Rose Onyx, a beautiful pink stone. The entire global supply of this specific stone was exhausted just to construct the capitol's interior.
Photo: Quintin Soloviev, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
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The Denver Mint is the single most productive coin-producing facility in the entire world, churning out billions of coins each year for public circulation. You can easily spot its work by looking for a small "D" mintmark stamped on United States coins. It also stores a large share of the nation's gold reserves, behind only Fort Knox and the West Point Mint.
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Mesa Verde National Park protects over 600 spectacular cliff dwellings constructed by the Ancestral Puebloans between 600 and 1300 CE. These multi-story structures were built under overhanging cliffs using sandstone, mortar, and wooden beams. For reasons that still puzzle archaeologists today, the inhabitants abruptly abandoned these complex homes in the late 1200s.
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The Rocky Mountain Columbine features striking lavender-blue and white petals with a yellow center. It was chosen as the state flower after winning a vote among school children across Colorado. To protect the wild population, state law actually makes it illegal to dig up the flower on public land, and visitors are limited to picking only a small handful.
Photo: Laura Gaudette https://www.inaturalist.org/people/gaudettelaura, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
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The towering Star Dune rises about 750 feet (229 meters) from the valley floor, making it the tallest sand dune on the continent. These massive dunes were created over thousands of years as wind blew sand from the San Luis Valley against the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Visitors can hike to the top or even rent special boards to sled down the sandy slopes.
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The Rocky Mountains cross Colorado from north to south. The state has 53 peaks higher than 14,000 feet (about 4,270 metres), nicknamed 'fourteeners', more than any other US state.
Photo: GrandTetonNPS, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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