Vanity Plates: Colorado’s 200-plus license plate designs – and 78,000 personalized tags – reflect passions, humor and identity, all crafted by inmates at the Cañon City manufacturing plant.by Peter Moore | Smaldone-Denver’s Family Mob: Gaetano’s once served as headquarters for the Smaldone family mob. Though the empire no longer runs the city, the North Denver restaurant still stands. by Matt Masich | A Wilderness Worth Keeping: Among abandoned cabins and serrated peaks in Eagle’s Nest Wilderness, fleeting moments in the wild remind us why it’s worth preserving. story and photographs by Dean Allen | Freedom in Full Color: Hot air balloons fill Colorado Springs skies each Labor Day weekend, as 200,000 spectators join 75 pilots and their crews for this beloved high-flying tradition. by Tom Hess | Bailey’s Bigfoot Believers: Under a moonless Pike National Forest sky, Bigfoot believers join Jim Myers’ guided night hike to look for signs of the legendary creature. by Eric Peterson
