A local street performer on Pearl Street Mall garnering a crowd.

The Pearl Street Mall is a major tourist attraction in Boulder, as well as a favorite hangout for students at the adjacent University of Colorado Boulder. Locally owned companies coexist with national chain retailers and eateries at the mall.  It’s also where a lot of Boulder’s nightlife happens. Several street performers, including musicians, perform on […]

Boulder Creek is a scenic waterway in Boulder, Colorado. It is known for its clear water and beautiful surroundings. The creek is home to various duck species, including the stunning mallards. Mallards are widespread ducks found worldwide. The male mallards have a vibrant green head, yellow bill, white neck ring, and chestnut-brown breast. Their wings […]

The Flatirons are a group of rock formations in the western United States, in Boulder, Colorado, that are made up of flatirons and other irregular shapes. A group of five huge, numbered Flatirons may be found on the east slope of Green Mountain, running north to south from north to south. The phrase “The Flatirons” […]

Boulder Creek is a popular summer recreation destination for tubing, fly fishing, and wading. On Memorial Day weekend, the annual Boulder Creek Festival, located along the creekside civic area between the library and Central Park, kicks off the summer season. A couple tiptoeing along the creek path. Photo Credit: Mikey Kahn  

Photo by Hagen Reedy

A bass player balancing on his cello while playing on Pearl Street Mall. photo credit: Mikey Kahn

  The CU campus taken from the top of the Flatirons. Photo Credit: Mikey Kahn  

Chief Niwot (which means “Left Hand” in English) was a Southern Arapaho tribe leader who was born around 1825. He spent many winters in Boulder Valley, particularly at Valmont Butte, which is sacred to the Southern Arapaho. The Arapaho, Cheyenne, Crow, Sioux, Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara nations signed the Treaty of Fort Laramie in […]

Photo by Brad Fagan.