DENVER (KDVR) — It’s hard to miss as you pass through Castle Rock on Interstate 25: a large rock formation towering over the town. And sometimes, a star is lit upon it.

A journey into the American Southwest reveals astonishing earth dwellings seemingly carved within natural rock formations, blending human ingenuity with the rugged landscape. Witness perfect ...

Damage to the federally-protected formations, which were shaped over time out of 140 million-year-old sand dunes, is irreversible.

According to the indictment, on April 7, Fain and Cosper pushed large chunks of ancient rock formations over the edge of a cliff onto the ground below while on or near the Redstone Dunes Trail at ...