Is This Colorado Attraction Really the Most Overrated in the World?
While Colorado has many different sights and attractions to keep tourists busy, one of our more iconic destinations was ranked as one of the more overrated places to visit worldwide
What Are Colorado's Most Overrated Tourist Attractions?
Born and raised in Colorado, I'll be the first to admit, that I've become numb to all of the beauty we offer around our amazing state. Sure, we have 300 days of sunshine each year, and we're the home of the current and defending NBA Champion Denver Nuggets, three-time Stanley Cup Champion Colorado Avalanche, and three-time Super Bowl Champion Denver Broncos, but our sites and experiences around the state are the real reason why people come to visit. One of our most famous and iconic attractions was recently ranked as one of the most overrated that there is.
Colorado's Most Overrated Attraction Is?
Our friends at USA Today found, what they called, the "Top 100 biggest tourist traps worldwide" in which they listed out the worst tourist traps, most overpriced, and most overrated attractions not just in the U.S., but the world. Sadly, when it came to the most overrated list, Colorado had its name attached to the Top 20...
Pikes Peak Is Colorado's Most Overrated Attraction
Coming in at number 20 on the USA Today's list was Colorado Springs' own, Pikes Peak. In the over 23 million Google reviews that USA Today analyzed, there were many comments that specifically mention the Pikes Peak Railway, which is historic all on its own as it's the highest railroad in the entire country. The "Four Corners" and Voodoo Donuts (both in Colorado) also made the USA Today's rankings. Have you ever been to Pikes Peak? Would you consider it "overrated?"
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