There’s a mess of Western trinket stores along the 16th Street Mall with nearly identical stock, but this has the largest inventory of kitsch. It’s full of knickknacks and all manner of stuff featuring wolves, buffaloes and stereotypical depictions of Native Americans. Come here for cheap tees and magnets, maybe a snow globe.
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Denver
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