Courtesy of the New Mexico Department of Tourism.
Photographs by Dan Monaghan 

Bandelier National Monument
covers more than 23,000 acres outside of Los Alamos. The ruins of pre-Columbian settlements abound throughout Bandelier. Ancestors of modern-day Pueblo residents lived in the Bandelier area over a span of about 500 years, roughly from 1100 a.d. to 1600 a.d. Visitors to the National Monument can explore trails through Frijoles Canyon, to see ruins and some reconstructed sites as well as climb ladders into several of the cliff caves the Bandelier people used as part of their homes.

Courtesy of the New Mexico Department of Tourism.
Photographs by Dan Monaghan