FLAGSTAFF, AZ — Located just east of Flagstaff, Walnut Canyon National Monument offers visitors a rare look into cliff dwellings built more than 800 years ago by the Sinagua people, whose name means ...

Hike information has been adapted from “Wandering in the Clear Light of New Mexico” by David Ryan. The book features New Mexico’s special places and is available at local bookstores. Ryan also ...

In southwest Colorado, where the Rocky Mountains give way to canyons and mesas, is one of the most intimate places you can connect with ancient history in the United States. In Mesa Verde National ...

Located in southwestern Colorado, Mesa Verde National Park is home to some of the oldest human dwellings in North America. The structures, some of which are open for ranger-guided tours, were built by ...

“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, the park ...

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 ...

Carved into the sandstone cliffs of the American Southwest are remnants of ancient civilizations that spark the imaginations of hundreds of thousands of tourists each year. These cliff dwellings are ...

MONTEZUMA COUNTY • Why did the people leave? This was the question of tourists standing high on a platform overlooking round and square towers and circular gathering places built eight centuries ago ...