Things To Do In Leadville, Colorado: The Highest City in North America

Julie Sprankles/Scary MommyI’ll be the first to admit that I had no idea where the highest-elevation city in North America was located... until I visited it. As I recently discovered, that title is held by the old mining town of Leadville, Colorado, which clocks in at 10,200 feet above sea level. It’s the type of destination that may not be on your radar, but once you make your way there, it never really leaves you.Formerly a rough-and-tumble boomtown filled with silver barons, miners, and madams, the Leadville you’ll meet today is a mountain settlement that blends Wild West history with small