The Atlas Obscura Guide To Nederland

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Nederland, Colorado

Updated June 7, 2023

Unusual Attractions in Nederland

Nederland, Colorado

Carousel of Happiness

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

Nederland, Colorado

Nederland Mining Museum

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

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Looking up the pass. The trestle seems a lot narrower than it is.

Winter Park, Colorado

Devil's Slide Trestles

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

8 miles from Nederland

Winter Park, Colorado

Rollins Pass Game Traps

Paleoamericans built these ancient walls high in the Colorado Rockies as part of an extensive hunting system.

8 miles from Nederland

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Knights of Pythias Cemetery

The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.

10 miles from Nederland

Central City, Colorado

Madam Lou Bunch Day

Central City celebrates its most famous madam by racing beds down Main Street.

11 miles from Nederland

Central City, Colorado

The Mountain Submarine

The first mountain submarine had its initial and last voyage in 1898.

11 miles from Nederland

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Podcast: Frozen Dead Guy

Near a Colorado mountain town, there's the frozen corpse of a Norwegian grandpa. We get the tale of how this came to be.

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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Nederland

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Nederland, Colorado

Updated June 7, 2023

Unusual Attractions in Nederland

Nederland, Colorado

Carousel of Happiness

Nederland, Colorado

Nederland Mining Museum

Winter Park, Colorado

Devil's Slide Trestles

Winter Park, Colorado

Rollins Pass Game Traps

Black Hawk, Colorado

Knights of Pythias Cemetery

Central City, Colorado

Madam Lou Bunch Day

Central City, Colorado

The Mountain Submarine

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