Happy Monday! We’re kicking off Halloween week with a walk down Boulder’s haunted memory lane. From century-old mansions with ghostly residents to creepy cemeteries and flickering lights in historic hotels, Boulder’s past is full of stories that’ll raise a few goosebumps.

While the City of Boulder’s Historic Preservation program has done an amazing job protecting over 1,300 historic properties, a few of them also come with… extra residents. 👻 Here’s a quick tour of some of Boulder’s eeriest (and most beautiful) landmarks:

• 🪦 Columbia Cemetery (1870)

  The final resting place for Boulder’s early settlers, from professors to outlaws. Pay your respects—and maybe say hi to “Rocky Mountain Joe.”

• 🍭 Arnett-Fullen House (1877)

  This iconic “gingerbread house” inspired a horror novel and has its own resident ghost, Olivia Fullen, known to chill the halls (literally).

• 🎩 Arnett-Montgomery House (1880)

  Allegedly haunted by 10-year-old Walter Montgomery, who still chats with visitors—if you believe the stories.

• 🪞 Kohler House (1903)

  A Colonial Revival home with a tragic past. Legend says the whispers in the bathroom aren’t just old pipes.

• 🚪 City Storage & Transfer Building (1906)

  Strange sounds, shadowy falls, and ghostly activity in this former warehouse—possibly tied to a worker’s fatal accident.

• 👻 Hotel Boulderado (1907)

  Ghosts of guests and longtime visitors like Beautrice “Honey Bee” Lennartz roam the halls—especially rooms 302 and 304.

• 🎭 Boulder Theater (1936)

  Haunted by a former manager who met an accidental, tragic end. Look for flickering lights and doors that open by themselves.

This week is the perfect time to stroll by these historic landmarks and decide for yourself: charming… or chilling?

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