Living in a Postcard: Why Most Coloradans Haven’t Visited the State’s Top Bucket List Spots

People flock to Colorado for a reason. Mountains, national parks, ski towns, weird roadside stops, you name it, we’ve got it.

And yet, a lot of folks who live here haven’t actually gone out and seen much of it.

Kind of wild, right?

We’ll hype this state up all day long, but ask us when the last time we actually explored it was, and suddenly, it’s crickets.

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Strangers In Our Own State

And to be fair, this isn’t just a Colorado thing. Ask people anywhere, and you’ll hear the same story: “Yeah, I’ve never really traveled around my own state.” It’s just what we do. Or don’t do.

Same deal across the U.S. as a whole.

People will drop serious money to go overseas, but haven’t seen half of what’s in their own backyard.

Meanwhile, visitors come here and are blown away by how massive and how different everything is from one place to the next.

So what gives?

The Colorado Most Coloradans Have Never Seen

I’ve been on both sides of it.

When I first came to Colorado, I did the full tourist thing, especially around Colorado Springs.

After moving to Grand Junction, I started poking around the Western Slope more. Little road trips, random stops, places I’d heard about but never actually bothered to visit before.

And yeah, there’s a lot we’re missing.

When you actually ask Coloradans where they haven’t been, the list gets long fast. Like, surprisingly long.

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Scroll through and see how many of these spots you’ve skipped. No judgment… but you might start rethinking your next weekend plans.