The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge sits about 10 miles (16 kilometers) northwest of Taos, New Mexico. It spans the Rio Grande Gorge.
Spruce Tree House is an Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling at UNESCO World Heritage listed Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado.
Balcony House is an Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling at the UNESCO World Heritage listed Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado.
Cliff Palace is a cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, a UNESCO World Heritage site. It’s located along the Cliff Palace Loop Road which can be found at the end of Mesa Top Ruins Road.
Mesa Top Loop is a road at the end of Mesa Top Ruins Road at the UNESCO World Heritage listed Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. The loop road runs for six miles and is open 8am to sunset. It contains 12 easily-accessible sites including ruins and overlooks.
The Far View sites were a community of farming villages at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Many visitors to the park overlook Far View in favor of the more popular cliff dwellings, but it’s well worth taking the time to see all of the structures there.
Mesa Top Ruins Road is the main road through Mesa Verde National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site. It runs for about 21 miles from the visitor center to Chapin Mesa.
Mesa Verde National Park is dedicated to the protection of over 5,000 Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings, in southwest Colorado. The area was inhabited for over 700 years from 600 to 1300. The park was established in 1906 and is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Grand Canyon Village is a small town at the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Originally settled by pioneers in the 1890s, its sole purpose is to accommodate tourists visiting the Grand Canyon.
The Rim Trail at the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, a UNESCO World Heritage site, runs along the edge of the Grand Canyon.