The Verde Valley is an area found in Arizona, USA, just north of the vast Sonoran Desert and just south of the magnificent Mogollon Rim. It encompasses some 714 square miles (1,851 square kilometers) ...

Sometimes our beautiful planet has had a helping hand. At Montezuma Castle in Arizona, the Sinagua give new meaning to living close to nature. It's an amazing tribute to our ancestors and must be seen ...

This five-story, 20-room dwelling built into a limestone cliff is an architectural and engineering marvel. Historians believe the dwelling, referred to as Montezuma Castle, was built by the Sinagua ...

High up, in a niche of the towering limestone cliff, a giant house made of mud and stone stands seemingly inaccessible from the valley floor. To call Montezuma Castle a house is underselling it ...

If you've ever driven north on Interstate 17 toward Sedona or Flagstaff, you've likely noticed signs directing you toward Montezuma Castle National Monument near Camp Verde. I had seen them myself ...

Abandoned at least a century before Spanish explorers began to probe the American Southwest, prehistoric cliff dwellings in Central Arizona continue to fascinate and puzzle visitors. Montezuma Castle ...