Mesa Verde National Park will restart its hallmark cliff dwelling tours that were suspended in 2020 because of the pandemic. Tours will resume to the popular Cliff Palace and Long House sites.

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. Plans are being ...

“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 ...

Mesa Verde National Park is a cultural marvel amid a majestic Southwest landscape. Located in southern Colorado near the Four Corners region, it’s the largest archaeological preserve in the country, ...

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 ...

Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado protects and preserves the cultural heritage of 26 tribes of Ancestral ...

Check out the 48-hour guides to Colorado’s other national parks here: Rocky Mountain National Park Great Sand Dunes Black Canyon of the Gunnison While the other three national parks all focus on ...

MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK – We climbed ladders, crawled through rock tunnels and put on our imaginary plant-fiber sandals. Take a ranger-guided tour of Mesa Verde's immaculate Cliff Palace and Balcony ...

Reporting from Durango, Colo. — It’s a 90-minute drive from Durango, Colo., to Mesa Verde National Park. Do it — especially if it’s summer, when you’ll have a chance to climb among the park’s cliff ...

Mesa Verde National Park, which has been a pretty dark place since the ancient Pueblo people left their cliff dwellings in the 13th century, is bidding to be designated an International Dark Sky Park ...

"If you have a fear of heights and tight spaces, this tour's not for you," said Park Ranger Paula Wolfe, preparing 25 adults and children for an hour climb up and down cliffside ladders, squeezing ...