Its combination of elaborate Victorian homes, Spanish adobes, Irish bars and Slavic neighborhoods gives Pueblo, Colorado a true melting-pot atmosphere. Visitors could spend most of the day there, including stops at the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center to see temporary art exhibits, El Pueblo History Museum, which explores the history of southern Colorado, and Rosemount Museum, a 37-room Victorian mansion built in 1891.
The neighboring Lake Pueblo State Park hosts a summerlong series of regattas, races and fishing. The Colorado State Fair, a 14-day carnival, agricultural exhibit, rodeo and cultural showplace, takes place in Pueblo late August-early September.
It's an easy day trip to nearby La Junta, located about 70 mi/110 km east of Pueblo, the site of the reconstructed Bent's Old Fort National Historic site. The fort employs costumed interpreters in the summer.
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