I was so pleased that I stumbled upon this inn while I was searching for a place to stay on the way to California. We arrived and left while it was dark so I couldn't get this iconic photo myself so I got it from the internet. I wanted a LO to capture the history of the inn and not just the Christmas decoration. It was hard to get non-Christmas photos other than in the museum portion of the inn but I did the best I could.
You should go sometime. Even if just for lunch and the tour in the afternoon. Our waitress told us about the ghost town in Golden so that would be another spot to check out. We weren't there long enough to see anything during the daytime.