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Deserts

Eisendrath House after restoration.

Eisendrath House

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

These rescuers are transporting a six-foot saguaro on a day with temperatures reaching more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

When Cactus Destruction Is Imminent, These Rescuers Come Running

The Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society is closing in on 100,000 salvaged plants.

Leslie Nemo October 25, 2018

Inyo County, California

Coso Rock Art District

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

Prickly Pear Vodka

This small-batch spirit is distilled from cactus fruit.

A mud pot.

Námafjall

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

The caravanserai.

Deir-e Gachin Caravanserai

One of the largest and oldest caravansaries in Persia.

The observatory in the Tatacoa Desert.

Deep in the Tatacoa Desert, There's an Observatory Unlike Any Other

At his DIY institution in Colombia, Javier Fernando Rua Restrepo watches the stars.

Lucy Sherriff September 26, 2018

<em>Cataglyphis fortis</em> has a Michelin-star memory (for smelling foods).

Desert Ants Can Remember Food Smells Like Gourmet Chefs

But they quickly forget the smells of their own nests.

Matthew Taub September 24, 2018

The Milky Way visible from the Tatacoa Desert.

Villavieja, Colombia

Tatacoa Astronomia

A self-taught astronomer fell in love with the stars and built his own observatory in Colombia.

Factory Butte with morning light.

Factory Butte

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

Cholla Buds

Beneath a layer of spines, this cactus sprouts asparagus-flavored buds.

The desert landscape is varied—and often foggy.

The Secret World Inside Tiny Fog Droplets

From the Namib Desert to Maine, fog is teeming with life.

Jessica Leigh Hester August 30, 2018

Alfred Parkinson and Fred Schoonmaker stand outside an old Union Pacific Railroad caboose, which they used temporarily using as their home (from the <em>Bohemian Bugle</em>, November 1986).

How Two Men Tried to Start a Hate-Free ‘Gay Town’ in the Nevada Desert

Stonewall Park was a mid-1980s dream that never quite came to fruition.

Natasha Frost August 29, 2018

Nye County, Nevada

Project Faultless Site

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Panoramic view of the Jaisalmer Fort skyline.

Jaisalmer, India

Jaisalmer Fort

The oldest still-inhabited hill fort in India looks like a magnificent golden sandcastle.

Film City, Qatar

Film City

A creepy, deserted mock Arabian village can be found in the middle of the Qatari desert.

Erg Chigaga is feels like a secret, otherworldly desert landscape.

Province de Zagora, Morocco

Erg Chigaga

Exploring the wilder, more passionate sibling of Erg Chebbi feels like discovering a secret sun-kissed planet from another galaxy.

The horses.

Salt River Wild Horses

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.