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 ...

Visit Mesa Verde National Park and see how the ancestors of today's Pueblos lived, and why they may have left.

MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (CBS4) - Workers at Mesa Verde recently had to bring down a large piece of sandstone that came loose over the Cliff Palace dwelling. "All of these sandstone alcoves are ...

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 into ...

KUSA – The iconic Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park will close for the season on Sept. 14 so that crews can work to repair parts of the 700-year-old structure. Parts of it are cracking, which ...

MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK -- Scott Travis stepped delicately around the ruins of Cliff Palace, his eyes deftly scanning the sandstone bricks, the carefully carved windows and the well-worn wooden beams ...

Nearly 32 million people have visited Mesa Verde National Park since it was created by presidential proclamation in 1908. And for more than 100 years nearly every one of those visitors has flocked to ...

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 ...

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 ...

The structures were built by the Ancestral Pueblo people over 700 years ago. The park also has plentiful opportunities to hike, embark on scenic drives, and watch the night sky. In southwest Colorado, ...

Mesa Verde National Park plans to kick off the National Park Service Centennial with the illumination of Cliff Palace from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9, and the annual holiday open house from 4 to 9 p.m.