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Shoshone, California

Dublin Gulch

A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.
List

22 Unusual Things You Can Find in the Desert

Sometimes the greatest wonders can be found in the most barren places.
Jonathan Carey August 18, 2023
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (left), Aéropostale pilot and author of <em>The Little Prince</em>, stands in front of a plane in 1929.
deserts

The Daring Desert Pilots That Inspired ‘The Little Prince’

And the modern pilots retracing their pioneering airmail flights.
Cat Rainsford July 12, 2023
Marble Canyon, Arizona

White Pocket

This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.
Ramat Hovav, Israel

Negev Guardian

One of the largest statues in Israel was erected to protest pollution.
"There's a whole creative world out there that you see little glimpses of," actress Patricia Arquette says of California's High Desert, where her new show is set.
desert art

Patricia Arquette Has a Thing for the Weird Art of California's High Desert

"There's some kind of energy in the desert that's very different than anywhere else," she says of the setting of her new Apple TV+ series.
Matthew Taub June 15, 2023
roadside attractions

Podcast: World Famous Crochet Museum

Step inside the cutest, most cuddly museum in the desert.
The Podcast Team June 15, 2023
geology

Podcast: Tonopah Mining Camp

The 'Queen of the Silver Camps' is 113 acres of history preserved.
Beila, Mauritania

Camel Market

The largest camel market in West Africa
Yermo, California

Liberty Sculpture Park

A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.
Video

The Ghosts that Haunt Tonopah

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mountains, sand, blue waters and cactuses
Cuatrociénegas, Mexico

Las Playitas

A miniature beach in the middle of the desert.
Namib Desert Horses
Garub, Namibia

Namib Desert Horses

Thought to be the only herd of feral horses in Africa and one of the most isolated populations in the world.
science

Podcast: Fairy Circles

An enchanting natural phenomenon in a daunting place.
The Podcast Team April 12, 2023
The sun rises on the badlands of Death Valley National Park. On a summer morning, the temperature may already be over 100 degrees.
fauna

The Park Ranger Who Lives and Works in the Hottest Place in North America

In a vast, remote land of extremes, wild animals, plants, and humans adapt to survive.
For years, scientists couldn't figure out the mechanism behind these mysterious polygons, seen here at the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia.
science

The Mystery Beneath the 'Honeycomb' Patterns of Salt Deserts

After years of hypotheses that came up short, a physicist has finally found a solution.
Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing March 9, 2023
The vast expansive dunes with the mother mountain source on the horizon
Cuatrociénegas, Mexico

Dunas de Yeso

These gleaming gypsum sand dunes are the second-largest in North America.
Monument to the Battle of Oum Tounsi
Mauritania

Monument to the Battle of Oum Tounsi

Initially meant to immortalize the valor of the colonizer, this monument is now a symbol of Mauritanian resistance.