Haunted things to do in Boulder
Looking for haunted places & dark-history spots in Boulder? These 7 are the genuinely strange ones — Carousel of Happiness, Columbia Cemetery, Crags Hotel Ruins at Rattlesnake Gulch and more — each hand-vetted and sourced, not pulled from a top-ten list. Great for an unusual date, a weird afternoon, or showing a visitor the side of Boulder they'd never find on their own.
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Carousel of Happiness
In 1968, Marine Corporal Scott Harrison returned from Vietnam haunted by combat and sustained by a single men…
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Columbia Cemetery
Boulder's oldest burial ground, founded in 1870 when Columbia Masonic Lodge No. 14 purchased ten acres for $2…
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Crags Hotel Ruins at Rattlesnake Gulch
In 1908, the Hotel Crags opened as a grand resort perched 800 feet above Eldorado Canyon, reachable by burro,…
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Devil's Slide Trestles (Rollins Pass)
Clinging to the edge of a cliff at 11,475 feet, the Devil's Slide Trestles are twin wooden railroad bridges b…
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Grandpa Bredo's Tuff Shed
In 1993, Norwegian Trygve Bauge shipped his grandfather Bredo Morstoel's frozen corpse to Nederland, Colorado…
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Hotel Boulderado
Opened on New Year's Day 1909, Hotel Boulderado is Boulder's most storied lodging — a five-story Italian Rena…
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Ward Ghost Town (Old Ward)
Ward began as a silver and gold camp in 1860 when Calvin Ward staked his claim at a site called Miser's Dream…