GILA CLIFF DWELLINGS NATIONAL MONUMENT, N.M. — As part of the National Park Service Centennial Celebration, all entrance fees at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument will be waived during National ...

Hike information has been adapted from “Wandering in the Clear Light of New Mexico” by David Ryan. The book features New Mexico’s special places and is available at local bookstores. Ryan also ...

FLAGSTAFF, AZ — Located just east of Flagstaff, Walnut Canyon National Monument offers visitors a rare look into cliff dwellings built more than 800 years ago by the Sinagua people, whose name means ...

MIMBRES, N.M. (AP) — With the threat of a wildfire lessening, the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is ready to reopen. Acting Park Superintendent Jerome Flood announced Wednesday that Gila Cliff ...

Dwellings were taken from their original site in Southwest Colorado Just outside of Colorado Springs, the Manitou Cliff Dwellings have been welcoming tourists for over 100 years. In some ways, they ...

The Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument lies deep in the mountains of the Gila National Forest. Just 45 miles north of Silver City, the cliff dwellings date back to the 1280s.The dwellings were ...

Reporting from Puye Cliffs, N.M — We silenced our phones as we stood among remnants of an ancient Native American village, trying to imagine the daily activity 1,000 years ago on this remote mesa. As ...

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 ...

MONTEZUMA COUNTY • Why did the people leave? This was the question of tourists standing high on a platform overlooking round and square towers and circular gathering places built eight centuries ago ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... DENVER — 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 ...