Top rated Historical landmarks in Wheat Ridge, United States to elevate your visit (Updated April, 2024)

Top rated Historical landmarks in Wheat Ridge

Experience the best that Wheat Ridge has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 113 places from Historical landmark category.

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Capital Prize Gold Mine Tours

Tourist attraction

👍👍 One of my best experiences in Colorado, if your a loner like me . Don’t be scared to go alone! You can have fun with or without friends, So don’t let having a group stop you. My tour guide had to be one of the best parts, there wasn’t a question he couldn’t answer. He was so talented I had to give...

5.00 (255 reviews) (~52.98 km from centre)

Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum

Museum

Over 2 dozen historic aircraft are on display at this museum with exhibits & a souvenir shop.

4.90 (642 reviews) (~172.54 km from centre)

Country Boy Mine

Tourist attraction

👍👍 This was awesome! Learning a ton about the mines that you see dotting I-70 was incredible, and our tour guide Michael was great! Robyn showed us some awesome gold panning tips and we brought home a whole bunch of gold flake, peacock pyrite ore, a copper nugget and an amethyst from a short time panni...

4.90 (447 reviews) (~86.28 km from centre)

Colorado Sightseer

Sightseeing tour agency

👍👍 What a great experience, I had been searching for a tour through the Rockies without having to drive and I am glad I found this company. Phil was our guide and he was amazing. We saw so many beautiful sights and pretty much all of the wildlife, we even saw a black bear run across the road and basica...

4.90 (411 reviews) (~14.92 km from centre)

Creswell Mansion Denver

Event venue

👍👍 What an awesome visit! We learned so much about the history of the house and really enjoyed the female empowerment theme. A definite must-see when in the Denver area. FYI, you can not consume on the property.

4.90 (283 reviews) (~8.7 km from centre)

Tunnel #2

Historical landmark

👍👍 Tunnel 1 and Tunnel 2 are part of an old railway called Short Line that went from Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek. You can drive from the parking lot Just above Helen Hunt Falls or from 26th Street. It is a gravel. road with no guard rails and at times turns into one lane road. The tunnels are als...

4.90 (211 reviews) (~109.14 km from centre)

Aspen Chapel

Chapel

4.90 (48 reviews) (~164.19 km from centre)

401 Trail

Biking trail

4.90 (45 reviews) (~188.73 km from centre)

Dean's Aspen Tours

Tourist attraction

👍👍 I did the Aspen Dark Side Ghost Tour and it was excellent. A good mix of history, ghost stories and urban legends. And it's a great way to walk around the city at night. Highly recommended! The other tours Dean offers seem really good too.

4.90 (44 reviews) (~162.74 km from centre)

Pioneer Village Museum

Museum

4.90 (36 reviews) (~93.66 km from centre)

Fraser Tubing Hill

Adventure sports

Popular, family-friendly snow-tubing area with a broad open slope, a lift & gear rentals.

4.80 (1K reviews) (~65.69 km from centre)

Frisco Historic Park and Museum

Park

👍👍 What a neat little museum. This is a must-do stop in Frisco. Several old buildings with rich history, relics, and lost treasures. We took our group of 13 to tour and everyone loved it! They’ve also got a large display and train table. Check it out!

4.80 (728 reviews) (~90.12 km from centre)

Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun

Historical landmark

This mountainside tower/shrine dedicated to Will Rogers was built in 1937 & offers panoramic views.

4.80 (575 reviews) (~112.06 km from centre)

The Taffy Shop

Candy store

👍👍 Of all the taffy stops in town, we stopped in here because the taffy is made right in their store. Such a cute little shop, friendly service and yummy taffy! You really can tell the difference with freshness! We all appreciated that our taffy was perfectly soft and didn't stick to the wrapper or our...

4.80 (474 reviews) (~77.8 km from centre)

Greeley Hat Works, Inc.

Hat shop

Enduring boutique selling handcrafted headgear, from classic cowboy hats to modern styles.

4.80 (447 reviews) (~77.23 km from centre)

Wyoming Historic Governors' Mansion State Historic Site

Museum

Wyoming's first families lived at this home, which now has mixed decorative styles & restored rooms.

4.80 (266 reviews) (~154.24 km from centre)

The Pavilion at Cheesman Park

Park

👍👍 This Pavillion is amazing to see, it is just beautiful.

4.80 (251 reviews) (~10.3 km from centre)

Monument Rock

Monument

👍👍 Beautiful and relatively short hike! Round trip from where we parked, it was about 1.5 miles. It was flat and a great hike for people of all ages. The parking situation can be a bit confusing, but we may have also just been stupid.

4.80 (223 reviews) (~76.86 km from centre)

Traders Rendezvous

Gift shop

👍👍 This place is amazing! Exquisite! So many examples of wildlife from around the world. Beautiful works of art. I would have never been able to experience seeing any of these animals except in a book, video or a museum from afar. This was a free experience with nearly everything for sale. Most unusual...

4.80 (185 reviews) (~209.87 km from centre)

Tunnel #1

Historical landmark

👍👍 What a neat experience! If you have time to read up on the history of the Gold Camp Road tunnels before you visit I highly recommend it! It was really cool to see the old charcoal marks from the trains on the ceiling as well! By the time we got there it was dark out which paired amazingly with a sc...

4.80 (180 reviews) (~108.86 km from centre)

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