Tower of Memories

Drive past Crown Hill Cemetery on Wadsworth and you'll see a 158-foot Gothic tower most people assume is off-limits — it isn't. The Tower of Memories is a working 1920s mausoleum holding roughly 11,000 crypts and cremation niches behind marble walls and red stained glass, and during the day you can walk right into floors 1-3. Catch the elevator on a good day and it'll run you up to the 4th-6th floors, where the balconies open onto a sweeping view of the Denver skyline and the foothills almost nobody realizes is up there. It took decades and several architects to finish — interrupted by a firm's collapse and World War II.

The move: Wander the marble corridors and the chapel with its red stained glass, then try your luck with the elevator to the upper balconies for a quiet, slightly eerie skyline view — a low-key, unusual afternoon for two who like history and the macabre. Go respectfully; it's an active cemetery.

• 📍 Wheat Ridge
• 💸 Free
• ⚡ Low-key
• 🌗 Indoor or outdoor

Where: Tower of Memories, Crown Hill Cemetery, 7777 W 29th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 (entrance near 29th Ave & Wadsworth Blvd; mortuary/Dignity Memorial on-site)

Hours: Generally open to the public daily until ~4pm; floors 1-3 regularly accessible, floors 4-6 (balcony views) only when the elevator is running them. Active cemetery — visit quietly and respectfully.

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Verified 2026-06-07.