Hotel Jerome’s rooms look even more historically accurate than the original historic rooms did, thanks to the multimillion dollar renovation in 2012. Travel back in time and sink into leather furniture reminiscent of the 1930’s, be greeted by a grand portrait of Jerome B. Wheeler above the front-desk fireplace, or enter a room with new detailing that takes you back a century.

In Aspen, once you're on the gondola, the only things really worth talking about are where you've skied before and where you're gonna go skiing next. I've lived in Aspen for 18 years and each morning I get up and go on a run through the Aspen Institute, which is one of my favorite places.

You can find Marilyn Monroe’s bra on the Aspen slopes— kind of. I'll let you in on the local secret; Aspen’s four ski mountains are covered with mysterious shrines. The snowy sanctuaries are built anonymously and largely dedicated to famous entertainers ranging from Elvis Presley to Jerry Garcia.

A word of warning for parents— your kids are one Junior Je-Roamer trip away from breaking your croquet winning streak, taking the "ski-ripper" family title, or showing you up at fishing. Aspen may be an adult’s paradise, but it doubles as a kid’s disneyland. While there are a myriad of adventures to explore, a Je-Roamer favorite is T-Lazy-7 Ranch, where winter is for suiting up to tour the white wonderland via snowmobile, and summer months are remembered for riding horses through Maroon Creek Valley and catching a trophy-sized rainbow trout while fly-fishing for the first time. (Don’t worry, young in age or young at heart, all are welcome.)

There’s one thing you need to know about Aspen; you’ll come for the winter, and stay for the summer. Ski season might be total heaven, but the world-renowned events going on during the warmer months make it tough to say goodbye come September.