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Travel back in time to an authentic American Western boomtown at the Ghost Town Museum located in Colorado Springs. Voted as one of the 55 special attractions in American by Mobil Travel Guide and Family Circle Magazine, you'll step inside a blacksmith shop, saddle up to the saloon and meander through the General Store.

Yee-haw! It's time for the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo, a long-standing Colorado Springs tradition. The western celebration kicks off with a downtown parade and rounds up with the nation's finest cowboys and cowgirls competing in non-stop rodeo action from bull riding to barrel racing.

All aboard on the Pikes Peak Cog Railway, the world's highest cog railway train takes passengers to the 14,000-foot summit of Pikes Peak, in Colorado Springs. You'll travel on the 8.9-mile, three-hour train trip across breathtaking vistas of the Great Plains, Sanger de Cristo and the Collegiate Range.

Shop the homespun flavor of the west at Old Colorado City Historic District in Colorado Springs. The three-block historic district offers tree-lined streets laced with old brick buildings offering 113 one of a kind shops, galleries and restaurants, including, Vintage Revival, Velez Gallery, and Pizzeria Rustica. Spend a day being a historical shopper.