Location: Colorado Established: June 29, 1906 Size: 52,074 acres. At Mesa Verde, Spanish for "green table," multistoried dwellings fill the cliff-rock alcoves that rise 2,000 feet above Montezuma ...

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.

A newly discovered crack could have wide ranging impacts on the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park. The 800-year-old archeological wonder is in southwestern Colorado.

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 ...

Nearly 500 miles from Fort Collins, Mesa Verde draws 500,000 to 700,000 visitors annually, Colorado's second-most visited national park (behind Rocky Mountain).

In seventh grade, I visited the Mesa Verde cliff dwellings in Southern Colorado for the first time. The beautiful and ancient Puebloan structures were awe-inspiring for me and awakened my interest ...

Mesa Verde became a national park in 1906 and has nearly 5,000 known archaeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings. While the dwellings have slowly revealed some of their secrets, much of ...

Researchers say they have found a new clue into the mysterious exodus of ancient cliff-dwelling people from the Mesa Verde area of Colorado more than 700 years ago: DNA from the bones of ...

MONTEZUMA COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)- There is a big push to save one of Colorado's iconic sites the Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde. The National Park Service says the structures are at risk of crumbling ...

Mesa Verde's cliff dwellings are a little crumbly in places, and looters took away most of the pottery and baskets a century ago. But as you explore the southwestern Colorado national park, it's ...