The candy found in specialty shops around Colorado—destinations for vintage bars, stocking stuffers, Valentine chocolates—is for many people a comforting tradition. There’s a sense of well-being in revisiting the sentimental.

And then there’s something altogether different, chocolate that is not...

Visiting six of Colorado’s diverse and picturesque historic towns is like peeling an onion, discovering legends through the layers of time. Autumn is a perfect season to enjoy Colorado’s colorful history. Maybe you’ll return from your trip to these destinations with a legend of your own.

EnCompass celebrates the best places in Colorado to bundle up in a snuggly blanket, crisp winter air kissing your face, while dashing through the snow, jingle of bells blending with the rhythmic stride of horses’ hooves.

On the printed page, history can be as dull as the blade on a rusty knife, as hard to read as a green at the Masters and dry as Prohibition. It doesn’t have to be that way, and across Colorado, there are people whose mission is to bring history alive in all its vibrant hues. With one foot in the...