Mesa Verde

Highlighted by Cliff Palace, the mysterious cliff dwellings of Colorado’s Mesa Verde are among the most spellbinding attractions in the American Southwest. Click an image below to enlarge.

Cliff Palace stands in the morning shadows at Mesa Verde National Park, CO. Built by the Ancestral Pueblo people, it's the largest cliff dwelling in North America.
Predating Mesa Verde's famous cliff dwellings, settlements like Coyote Village were built on mesa tops by Ancestral Puebloans in modern-day southwest Colorado.
The outer wall of the House of Many Windows blends almost imperceptibly into the rock face of Cliff Canyon at Mesa Verde National Park, CO.
The petroglyph panel at Mesa Verde National Park's Petroglyph Point was made by Ancestral Puebloans that lived in the modern-day region of southwest Colorado.
Comprised of around 130 rooms and 8 kivas, Spruce Tree House was the third-largest cliff dwelling built by Ancestral Puebloans at Mesa Verde National Park, CO.
The ruins of Hemenway House, a cliff dwelling of the Ancestral Puebloans, is shown at Mesa Verde National Park, CO. The site is in Soda Canyon and had 26 rooms.

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