By Last weekend I was given to opportunity to tour the beautiful town of Golden, Colorado in partnership with Visit Golden. I always saw this little town as a place to stop for lunch on my way back to the mountains, so I was excited to spend a night here and actually take the time to see it from a tourist’s perspective.
To give a quick recap, I had an amazing time! I brought my mom who was visiting from California along with my son, Riley, who had a long list of museums he wanted to visit. By our first day, we realized we didn’t have enough time to do everything we wanted.
Our first stop was at the Colorado Railroad Museum which was Riley’s first pick on the list. This 15 acre rail yard has over 100 locomotives, cars, and cabooses to look at and even climb inside. There is also a train ride for an additional fee. Overall, Riley had the best time and I had the hardest time convincing him that it was time to go. This is a must see for train lovers!
If you’re planning a trip to Golden in November or December, the Colorado Railroad Museum is currently selling tickets for The Polar Express. Check them out here.
Our second stop was our walking tour with Golden History Tours. This tour led by a historian dressed as a cowboy took us around the streets of Golden sharing stories of the beginnings of the gold rush and how the town of Golden came to be. Not only was it informative, but also entertaining. Riley enjoyed the stories and our tour guide, Chris, was very engaging. I was surprised by how much my 10 year old loved this, he couldn’t stop telling my husband about it when we got home! A big plus for us homeschoolers, you can count these tours and museums as part of your mandated education hours.
Golden History Tours also has ghost tours in October and Wild West Pub Crawls in addition to the traditional history tour. Book your tour here.
Since we didn’t hit everything on our list during this weekend, we’re planning to return in November to see the rest of the museums. Click here for the list of museums and attractions in Golden to plan your own trip!
I highly recommend checking out Golden and remember, bring a mask! A big thanks to Visit Golden for sponsoring this weekend and showing us that Golden Rules!
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Oh how fabulous! One of my bucket list dreams is to do a tour of America and Colorado is definitely on that list, it looks amazing! Sim x
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Oh my gosh, I hope you get to do it someday! You would LOVE Colorado, it’s a beautiful state!
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Sounds like an incredible place to visit.
I’m in the UK but there is not a part of the US that I don’t want to visit x
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It is! I love the UK as well. I hope to get back there when Covid is over!
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My youngest is fascinated with trains and would love the Railroad Museum. My Mom has traveled through this area and really enjoyed it.
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Ah I love the US. We did a fabulous road trip last year driving over 3000 miles on Route 66 from Chicago to LA. Colorado isn’t a place I have visited yet. I love the idea of the cowboy tour, that would be so much fun.
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You must add Colorado to your list for your next trip! It’s beautiful here and has a very interesting history. That road trip sounds amazing too! I’ve only driven little parts of Route 66 but would love to see more.
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This sounds like a fantastic place to visit and loads of fun and interesting things to do too! The walking tour sounds so informative and my kids would love the railroad museum too!
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Yes, I think most kids would love the railroad museum! It was so much fun, we’re going back to see more of this little town.
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Sounds like an amazing places to visit, there is so much I want to do and see in America hopefully we will get there one day
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There is! It’s such a big country! I hope you get to see it someday too 🙂
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Those ghost tours must be really fun and exciting, specially now with Halloween. It looks like you guys had a great time out there!
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I really wanted to do the ghost tour but it was all sold out!! During our tour, I kept asking “so is this place haunted?” haha and he was happy to answer my questions! Lots of fun overall!
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There are so many lovely places to visit in the USA. My son would love to go see Colorado Railroad Museum with all the vehicles there.
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You should definitely add it to your list! We have a ton of train museums and train rides here in Colorado. It’s a very interesting history here! Your son would definitely love it.
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I love visiting museums and I would definitely have loved this day out! The railroad museum looks like a lot of fun and my kids would love it too.
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Same!! Museum days are so fun and it’s even better when your kids are having a good time too!
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The golden history tour sounds like lots of fun, I love a good walking tour as you learn so much x
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Sounds like a great place to visit and a fantastic tour, I love hearing the history of a place. Colorado is on my travel bucket list, hopefully I’ll make it there one day.
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