All Places in Inyo County

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

"Only the devil could play golf here."