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

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

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

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

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.