#8 Del Norte, Colorado Originally a stage stop and supply town for miners drawn by the discovery of gold and silver in the San Juan Mountains, Del Norte today is a center of outdoor recreational activities, from hiking, hunting and fishing to skiing and snowmobiling. Last year saw the grand opening of the town’s renovated Windsor Hotel, built in 1874, just two years after the town’s incorporation. A caboose from 1883 was also restored; it now resides on Grand Avenue, thanks to the local “


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