The Extraterrestrial Highway in south central Nevada runs through one of the darkest and most desolate stretches of the ...

The High Desert is home to a scary number of spooky local legends and mysterious hauntings. Halloween is the perfect time to ...

Along old Route 66 in Oro Grande, California, Elmer Long built a sprawling forest of steel “trees” adorned with thousands of ...

While many parts of the preserve require four-wheel drive, the aptly named Rings Trail is accessible along paved roads, and ...

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...

Amboy Crater is a 79,000-year-old volcano rising from the Mojave Desert — a relic of fire and ash surrounded by miles of ...