Luminarias light Spruce Tree House, an ancient dwelling of the Anasazi people and the third largest cliff dwelling in Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park. From Cortez, take US 160 east for eight ...

Within a radius of ten miles are to be found the famous cliff dwellings, the beautiful San Francisco peaks, the ancient cave dwellings, and the well-known bottomless pits. Here the every whim of ...

In December 1888, Colorado cowboys discovered a remarkable archaeological site at Mesa Verde, revealing a silent city of stone built by a peaceful Indian civilization centuries before Columbus.

As climate change shapes the Southwest, Mesa Verde National Park strives to protect both ancient forests and vulnerable cliff dwellings. Hooked onto a rope slung around a tree, National Park Service ...

There are places that you visit where you can feel the presence of those who have come before and the history that is held within. When I stepped onto the trail at Bandelier National Monument, I ...