Deserts

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.

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

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

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

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

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

A bathhouse from the second Islamic Caliphate decorated with frescoes of constellations, pleasure gardens, and naked ladies.

The UFO capital of Australia is the outback’s answer to Roswell.