Entry No. 35 — the Pueblo file — filed under: street-art

FAROUT Murals of Walsenburg

Nationally-known muralists — including Navajo artist Chip Thomas, who has painted in Monument Valley and on the US-Mexico border — started covering the crumbling brick facades of a near-empty coal-town main street in 2021, and the town still gets so little tourist traffic that you will almost certainly walk the whole route without passing another visitor. The murals are building-sized and serious, not the cheerful civic kind: layered portraiture, Spanish Peaks landscapes, and labor history stacked on top of storefronts that have been slowly going dark for forty years. Walsenburg has no real visitor infrastructure, which means the art just sits there, unattended, in the high-desert light.

The move: Drive down from Pueblo on a weekday, park once anywhere on Main Street, and spend an hour walking the self-guided mural route before lunch at one of the two open restaurants.

📍 Before you go All murals are on exterior building walls along Main Street and the immediately surrounding blocks — entirely outdoors, flat sidewalk terrain, no gate or admission. Street parking is abundant and free. I-25 Exit 52 drops you directly onto Main Street.

• 📍 Walsenburg
• 💸 Free
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Outdoors

Where: Main Street, Walsenburg, CO 81089

Hours: Added 2026-06-21 — confirm current hours before you go.

Plan a visit & invite your people →

Proof: source 1 · source 2 · source 3 · source 4

last checked: 2026-06-21