If you are a Colorado native, you probably already know a lot about the Centennial State’s rich history thanks school history classes… but did you know that Colorado is home to one of the best-preserved dinosaur track sites in the world? Or that you can go to jail for picking a columbine? Or that… well, read on as we discuss these and other unusual facts about Colorado!
1. Colorado is home to one of the best-preserved dinosaur track sites.
Located in La Junta is that of Picketwire Canyon, where you’ll find 100 dinosaur trackways that you can actually walk on! (Please note: it is quite the trek, so bring lots of water and sunscreen.)
2. You really can go to jail for picking the state flower.
Need numerical proof? At 53 square miles, Denver International Airport is a giant compared to dinky Manhattan (34 square miles) and San Francisco (47 square miles).
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4. The street at the butt of everyone's jokes is actually the longest in America.
That's right; the 26-mile-long Colfax Avenue in Denver (the notorious home of prostitutes, cheap drugs, and Casa Bonita) is actually the longest continuous street in America!
5. Colorado may be home to the U.S. Olympic Committee's Olympic Training Center, but we are also the only state to ever turn down hosting the games.
In 1970, Colorado was awarded the bid for the winter Olympics, which we backed out of two years later after Denver rejected the funding for the multi-million dollar event.
6. Over the years, the ADX Florence SuperMax prison has housed such notorious inmates as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (the Boston Marathon bomber), Ted Kaczynski (the Unabomber), and Timothy McVeigh (the Oklahoma City bomber).
