Colorado Life Magazine

Rising above Westminster, a green water tower shaped like a giant mushroom can is one of Colorado’s strangest roadside landmarks.

The tower is the last remnant of Savery Savory Mushrooms, a once-booming operation that grew mushrooms in Colorado’s dry climate through improvised humidity systems, dark growing rooms and a company town north of Denver.

Read the full story in the March/April 2026 issue of Colorado Life.
PC: City of Westminster

At a Kebler Pass overlook, photographers Steven and Sylvia Oboler had spent hours photographing the landscape before packing up their camera equipment. As they were leaving, they spotted a stand of red aspens brightening a storm-dark mountainside and used their phones in the rain to capture one last image, a layered view that went on to win Colorado Life’s Colorado Nature award in the 2025 Share the View International Nature Photography Contest.

Read the full story in the March/April 2026 issue of Colorado Life.
PC: Steven and Sylvia Oboler

Our March/April 2026 issue highlights a mix of landscape, wildlife and history through Eldorado Canyon, the return of the mountain bluebird, hat making in Greeley and the story of astronaut Jack Swigert.

Colorado Life immerses readers in the character of the state through striking photography and place-based storytelling in a glossy keepsake print magazine. Each issue explores Colorado’s landscapes, history, culture and communities.

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PC: Dawn Wilson