Anasazi Ruins at Chaco Canyon

These photos were taken at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. It's in a very remote area, 60 miles from the nearest town and only accessible via a long dirt road. These are some of the most impressive Anasazi Ruins in the country. This city once was home to 5,000 people and was mysteriously abandoned around 1250 AD. The word "Anasazi" is a Navajo word meaning "ancient ones" as the Navajo came across their ruined cities a couple hundred years after they were abandoned.