Mesa Verde was a new kind of national park, meant to celebrate not majestic scenery, but a prehistoric culture and its people. Meet some of the remarkable individuals who helped create America's ...

These ancient inhabitants left behind remnants of their culture that tell the story of a complex society that existed here for hundreds of years. Read more about Protecting Sensitive Resources near ...

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Luminarias light Spruce Tree House, an ancient dwelling of the Anasazi people and the third largest cliff dwelling in Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park. From Cortez, take US 160 east for eight ...

MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, Colo. — Rangers have found the remains of a man who went missing in Mesa Verde National Park more than a year ago, according to the National Park Service (NPS).

Go back in time at Mesa Verde National Park. The park protects nearly 5,000 archaeological sites, preserving the heritage of the ancestral Pueblo people. The Pueblo settled in the region about ...

From the dry desert ecosystem at Chaco Canyon to the pinyon-juniper woodlands at Mesa Verde, the geographic isolation of these parks offers visitors the ability to get off the beaten path to find ...

Some parks draw visitors because of their exquisite natural beauty. Mesa Verde National Park’s draws aren’t towering ...