Appreciate Top-of-the-Rockies scenery around Leadville and Twin Lakes. Photo Credit: Instagram/@adesri_photography

Leadville/Twin Lakes

As the highest incorporated city in North America, <a href="https://www.colorado.com/cities-and-towns/leadville">Leadville</a>'s Victorian beauty is is even more unique due to the high-elevation grandeur all around it. Just 100 miles east of Denver, it's accessed along with neighboring <a href="https://www.colorado.com/cities-and-towns/twin-lakes">Twin Lakes</a> on U.S. Hwy. 24 via the <a href="https://www.leadvilletwinlakes.com/natural-attractions-detail/scenic-byways/?utm_source=colorado_com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=citypage">Top of the Rockies Scenic and Historic Byway</a>. 
During Leadville's <a href="https://www.leadvilletwinlakes.com/things-to-do/category/history/?utm_source=colorado_com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=brandchannel_content">silver-boom heyday</a> starting in 1879, adventurers from near and far flocked 2 miles high to seek riches and glamour in the high-elevation hotspot once considered for Colorado's capital. Adventurers still come <a href="https://www.leadvilletwinlakes.com/things-to-do/category/seasons/?utm_source=colorado_com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=brandchannel_content">year-round</a> for its glorious <a href="https://www.leadvilletwinlakes.com/things-to-do/category/outdoors/?utm_source=colorado_com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=brandchannel_content">outdoors activities</a>, startling mountain landscape (including <a href="https://www.leadvilletwinlakes.com/natural-attractions-detail/mt-elbert/?utm_source=colorado_com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=brandchannel_content">the state's highest fourteener</a>) and historical main drag filled with <a href="https://www.leadvilletwinlakes.com/eat-drink/category/?utm_source=colorado_com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=brandchannel_content">dining</a>, <a href="https://www.leadvilletwinlakes.com/things-to-do/category/shopping/?utm_source=colorado_com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=brandchannel_content">shopping</a> and <a href="https://www.leadvilletwinlakes.com/lodging/category/?utm_source=colorado_com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=brandchannel_content">lodging</a> options.

Want travel tips? Try traveling mid-week for open roads, always stick to the trails and dress in layers for high-elevation temperature swings no matter the season.
<a href="https://www.leadvilletwinlakes.com/eat-drink/category/?utm_source=colorado_com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=brandchannel_content">Restaurants</a>, <a href="https://www.leadvilletwinlakes.com/plan-a-trip/?utm_source=colorado_com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=brandchannel_content">Plan your trip</a>, <a href="https://www.leadvilletwinlakes.com/lodging/category/?utm_source=colorado_com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=brandchannel_content">Find places to stay</a>, <a href="https://www.leadvilletwinlakes.com/natural-attractions/category/?utm_source=colorado_com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=brandchannel_content">Leadville's natural attractions</a>

Want travel tips? Try traveling mid-week for open roads, always stick to the trails and dress in layers for high-elevation temperature swings no matte...