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 ...

Explore ancient history at Montezuma Castle National Monument, one of the largest Puebloan cliff dwellings still existing in ...

Going up the ladder with her father was a precarious proposition. Sarah Van Orden had dreamed of seeing the Ancient Puebloan cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado since she was a kid ...