Maybe time finally is catching up with the ruins at Mesa Verde National Park. Archeologists at the famed park are saying a fault line at the back of the iconic 13th-century ruin Cliff Palace is ...

Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado protects and preserves the cultural heritage of 26 tribes of Ancestral Pueblo people. Mesa Verde National Park’s history begins long before its ...

Pompeii, Machu Picchu, and Petra are alluring, ghostly places, cities that rose through mankind’s endeavor and ingenuity before being abandoned to the omnipotent hands of nature. Nestled on a ...

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. This ...

I’ve long been a fan of US national parks and camping within them, while my wife has steadily become a fan of luxury resorts and upscale lodging. We found that central and western Colorado has plenty ...

MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK — Mesa Verde National Park has won a grant to help create snowshoe and ski trails to some of its more remote ruins, so people can better enjoy the park in the winter. The ...

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Owls, elks, woodlands and steppes were just some parts of the ecological world included in a recent assessment of Mesa Verde National Park’s natural resources. With more than 600 plant species, 70 ...