Lakeside Amusement Park

Open since 1908. Incorporated as its own city so it could avoid Denver’s liquor laws (with its own mayor and police force). You could pay 25 cents to see premature babies here in the 1910s. Home to iconic neon designed by Richard Crowther in the 1940s and 50s. Site of scandal, death, segregation, and today, considerable disrepair. Still the cheapest place to play pinball, ride the Matterhorn, and stick your hands in a cute boy’s jean pockets while you’re waiting in line.