“I studied these peoples, the ancestral Puebloans,” the former Fairfax resident said of her decision to work in southwest Colorado’s Mesa Verde National Park. Besides this $3-per-person tour ...

From the towering chariot temples of Hampi to 150-room cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde, this episode is packed with massive architecture, sacred rituals, and advanced engineering. Plus: how ancient ...

Mesa Verde National Park. Mesa Verde National Park’s history begins long before its official creation in 1906, or even the erection of its most famous cliff dwellings.

Mesa Verde National Park will restart its hallmark cliff dwelling tours that were suspended in 2020 because of the ... Cliff dwellings and overlooks are considered high visitor-use areas, ...

Can you see Mesa Verde cliff dwellings from the road? Yes. Visitors can see various cliff dwellings along Cliff Palace Loop Road and Mesa Top Loop Road. “It's been set up to really see 700 years ...

An inconspicuous free-standing arch that spans the famous Spruce Tree House cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde National Park is secured by 60-year-old bolts and is threatening to collapse.

Mesa Verde National Park's cliff-dwellings might get all the attention, but southwestern Colorado is incredibly full of archeological sites. Spend a few days in the towns of Cortez, Dolores and ...

Mesa Verde National Park isn't as well known as Yellowstone or Yosemite, but annually, an average of 670,000 people make the trek to southwestern Colorado to explore the ancient cliff dwellings.

Mesa Verde National Park is home to some of the oldest human dwellings in North America. The structures were built by the Ancestral Pueblo people over 700 years ago. The park also has plentiful ...

During a normal summer, Mesa Verde National Park park rangers and staff are busy leading daily guided tours of the signature cliff dwellings and archeological sites built by Ancestral Puebloans. But ...

FILE – In this Aug. 27, 2005 file photo, visitors tour Cliff Palace, an ancient cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park, Colo. Researchers say they have new evidence that ancestral Pueblo ...

One look at the iconic cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, and it’s easy to imagine the lives that once bustled within them. In a free audio tour visitors can download, park ...