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Natural History Museum of Utah
On the University of Utah’s campus is the Natural History Museum of Utah. The focus of the museum is entirely on Utah’s geography, climate, and living beings from the time of single celled organisms up until the Ute people lived in the area. The museum’s current location is in a building completed in 2011, relatively…
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3 religions in Salt Lake City, ranked
Salt Lake City is a hotbed for religious activities. Perhaps it’s because it’s the home of the Salt Lake itself, which is often compared to the Dead Sea. Here I’m taking a look at three religions that stuck out at me in Salt Lake City, and ranking them from best to… least best. Without further…
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Gilgal Sculpture Garden
There’s a lot of strange stuff in Salt Lake City. Something about living in a desert seems to drive people in unexpected ways. And what could be more unexpected than the Gilgal Sculpture Garden? Created by amateur artist Thomas Battersby Child Jr., the sculptures represent his own interpretation of Mormonism. And yes, that interpretation happens…
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Salt Lake City’s main library
Both my original plans for today weren’t meant to be; I wanted to go on a hike, but it started to rain. I had a tour lined up, but the guide had to cancel as he wasn’t feeling well. Crap, what to do? Thumbing through my notes over lunch I found a nearby attraction I…
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Denver wrap up and stray observations
Now that I’ve left Denver I thought I’d reflect on some of what I noticed there, both big and small. Let me get the two big ones out of the way first: From the top of the capitol building I spotted a striking neo-Gothic church. I asked the tour guide about it and he said…
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Guided tours of Denver
Downtown Denver’s Best Walking Tour This two hour downtown tour covers a lot of ground, both historically and physically. It was the first tour I took in Denver and proved to be a good jumping off point for my stay there. The tours are led by Austin, a local guide with significant experience who was…
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Getting around Denver via RTD public transit
Denver’s public transit system is called RTD (or “Regional Transportation District”… how creative) and it makes getting around the city a snap. It integrates seamlessly into Google Maps, so much so that I found Google’s arrival estimates more accurate than RTD’s own displays. RTD has three types of vehicles: buses, light rail, and commuter rail.…
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Street art in Denver’s RiNo neighborhood
There’s street art all over Denver, from the murals hidden under bridges to the sculptures in the alleys along the 16th Street Mall. But there’s only one neighborhood that’s famous for its street art: River North, also known as RiNo. Walking to RiNo from downtown is a pretty reasonable 20 minutes or so. The main…
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International Church of Cannabis
As a Pink Floyd song ended, the psychedelic animation on the interior walls and ceilings faded into a rotating star field, and the audio of Steve Jobs’ “Here’s to the crazy ones” played. Then a song by The Doors came on along with more trippy visuals. It was easy to forget I was sitting on…
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Millennium Bridge and Confluence Park
A short walk from Denver’s Union Station is an unusual pedestrian suspension bridge: Millennium Bridge. From certain angles it looks like the mast of a sailboat. Millennium Bridge is tiny by suspension bridge standards, it only exists so people can walk across the train lines below. The unusual tilt in the tower is part of…
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