If you love history, adventure and fantastic scenery, Mesa Verde National Park should be number 1 on your bucket list. Tucked in Southwest Colorado, this UNESCO world heritage site preserves some of the most amazing Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings in North America. Its more than a park-its a time machine carved into stone. A journey back in time. Mesa Verde means “green table” in Spanish, an apt name for its lush mesas and valleys. Over 700 years ago, the Ancestral Pueblo people built great communities here. They carved their homes directly into the sandstone cliffs which created villages suspended in time. When you stand underneath these towering alcoves, you feel…