Deserts

When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.

In one of the hottest parts of the Mojave Desert, shallow bedrock forces the typically dry Mojave River to the surface in this canyon, providing a vital oasis for humans and wildlife.

As fallout from an irrigation project, a formerly cottonwood-lined stream is now a sandy, desolate, post-apocalyptic channel lined with weathered stumps and tumbleweeds.

In the middle of a barren desert, a massive, solitary rocky thumb juts out.

This replica of the Indian spiritual master Meher Baba's tomb stands unfinished in the New Mexico desert.

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

These otherworldly formations were shaped over millions of years by the forces of nature.