About Montezuma Castle National Monument ... damage to the ruins, the park service had to close access to the ruins in 1951.

At Mesa Verde, Spanish for "green table," multistoried dwellings fill the cliff-rock alcoves that rise 2,000 feet above Montezuma Valley. Remarkably preserved, the cliff dwellings cluster in ...

Montezuma Castle was built by the Sinagua people over the course of 300 years. Whether you call it a palace or a high-rise apartment, the dwelling was used a shelter during flood seasons ...