The Green City. Denver truly is green. Not only in the literal sense, with great open-space parks and gardens, but also in the save-the-planet sense of environmentally friendly. Everywhere we went in this buzzing metropolis of 2.5 million people, this was in evidence – from the solar panels and alternative energy systems on the roof of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science www.dmns.org/ to the menus of the innovative restaurants such as Root Down www.rootdowndenver.com/ . Scott Morrisey at Greenprint Denver explained in an interview at Denver City and County Building (top) how this city environmental stewardship engages the community and positively impacts the visitor. I enjoyed the dinosaurs at the Museum of Nature (middle) – also see www.chrisrobinsontravelshow.ca , the Western art at the Denver Art Museum www.denverartmuseum.org/ and the bookstores and Western shops that line the 16th Street Mall (bottom). Brown Palace Hotel www.brownpalace.com/ is the place to stay, a gorgeous “flat iron” building dating from 1892 and featuring a soaring atrium with stained-glass roof. Denver is a great city for visitors and I left plenty more sights to see next time I’m there! www.visitdenver.com/ 
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