Helping of Hot: Historic Sites & Family Fun in Pueblo / COME TO LIFE a massive B-29. Other can’t-miss museums include the El Pueblo History Museum , a re-created 1840s adobe trading post and archaeological excavation site, and The Steelworks Museum , rated in the top five industrial collections in the nation. Find a fresh-air reprieve at City Park , where the 30-acre Pueblo Zoo houses more than 420 animals, from naked mole rats to African lions. Aer meandering through the zoo’s lush landscap-ing, take a ride on the park’s historic carousel. perhaps best enjoyed in savory pork green chile. For a unique Pueblo culinary experience, try a Slopper, a hamburger patty served open-faced in a bowl on a grilled bun and smothered in green chile. A long tradition of Italian, Greek, Slovenian, Polish, Irish, German and Afri-can-American Puebloans have also shaped the city’s menus. If there’s still time, stop into the new Songbird Cellars tasting room on Union Avenue for hand-craed fruit wines and find out what’s on stage at the Steel City Theatre Company , Impossible Players , Damon Runyon Theater and Grupo Folklórico . 3 AFTERNOON If you’re traveling with children, your next stop should be the Buell Children’s Museum 3 , ranked the No. 2 children’s art museum in the nation by Child Maga-zine . Next, head to the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircra Museum by the Pueblo Memorial Airport. Original-ly a World War II Army air base in 1943, the museum boasts more than 30 vintage aircra, including EVENING Watch the city melt into gold, red and orange during a 15-minute sunset gondola cruise 4 down the river or splurge on an hour tour that includes drinks and appetizers. Aerward, head into historic Old Town for a bite to eat, making sure to sample the town’s de facto mascot, the chile pepper. Livability.com recently named Pueblo a top-10 Surprising Food City, in part because of this spicy, fire-roasted treat, which is 4 COLORADO.COM / 145
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