Deep within the unforgiving expanse of the California Desert lies Death Valley, home to one of the world's greatest enduring geological mysteries: the famous Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa. For ...

Start at the Furnace Creek visitor center in Death Valley National Park. Drive 50 miles north on pavement, then head west for another 30 miles on bone-rattling gravel roads. During the drive—which ...

For decades, Racetrack Playa in California’s Death Valley and its "racing rocks", or "sailing stones", was a mystery that inspired speculation ranging from epic storms to supernatural intervention. A ...