Oddities & curiosities in Colorado Springs
Looking for oddity shops & curiosities in Colorado Springs? These 8 are the genuinely strange ones — Hart & Horn, Wise Roots Apothecary, The Cauldron 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 Colorado Springs they'd never find on their own.
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Hart & Horn
Angela Hartshorn — a 25-year practicing witch who has kept a studio at the Manitou Art Center for 14 years —…
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Wise Roots Apothecary
Tucked inside a candlelit 1880s church on Canon Ave, this women-led herbalist shop crafts bespoke ceremonial…
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The Cauldron
A tiny self-described "mystical curiosity shop" on Ruxton Ave packed with oddities, talismans, and the kind o…
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Old Homestead House Museum
An 1896 building in Cripple Creek that was once the gold camp's most exclusive brothel — run by legendary mad…
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Leechpit Records & Vintage
A beloved 20-year crate-digger's den on the west side — vinyl across every genre, vintage clothing, old toys…
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Wood Shark Trading Company
Founded in 2002 by Jim Corey and now run by his son Matt, Wood Shark Trading Company packs crystals, incense,…
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Poplar Gulch Trail (from St. Elmo ghost town)
Almost everyone who reaches St. Elmo comes for the ghost town itself — the weathered 1880s storefronts, the c…
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May Natural History Museum & Herkimer the Giant Beetle
A 16-foot bronze Hercules beetle guards a retro 1950s roadside museum holding one of the world's largest priv…