Mesa Verde's cliff dwellings are a little crumbly ... it's easy to imagine the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo Indians who built these cliff houses 800 years ago. Ancestral Puebloans grew squash ...

Luminarias light Spruce Tree House, an ancient dwelling of the ... Binoculars are useful for enhancing views across the canyon. Mesa Verde National Park is also a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Just five minutes from Mesa Verde National Park is a geodesic dome home is a perfect accommodation for a peaceful and secluded getaway.

Hooked onto a rope slung around a tree, National Park Service rock climber Dave Mealey walked backward off a cliff above Spruce Tree House, one of the best-preserved Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings ...

The cowboys improvised a ladder and descended to examine the homes of a vanished people ... At first it seemed that Mesa Verde might suffer the same fate as smaller ancient sites discovered ...

Century when Spruce Tree House was built. It is now closed for the first time ... Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites in existence are protected within Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern ...