The other day I walked past The Navarre (as seen above), which is located right across the street from Denver's Brown Palace Hotel. It was built in 1880 and was one of the first co-ed colleges west of the Mississippi. It later became a brothel, and rumor has it that an underground passageway from the Brown Palace to The Navarre was used by wealthy gentlemen guests to avoid being seen entering the place. Today, The Navarre is owned by local billionaire Phillip Anschutz, and houses the American Museum of Western Art, which showcases his private collection. And to all you budding art thieves out there, that underground passageway was filled in long ago.
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