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"I find Mesa Verde easy to underrate but remarkable for its Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings, including the Cliff Palace, which visitors can walk inside; as one user put it, "Mesa Verde is very slept on," and it combines some of the coolest geology with some of the oldest and most interesting history of any park — it received fewer than 500,000 visitors in 2022." - Evie Carrick Evie Carrick Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited well over 50. She now splits her time between Colorado and Paris, ensuring she doesn't have to live without skiing or L'As du Fallafel. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines
Ancient cliff dwellings, ranger tours, and dark night skies
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