Deserts

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.

Gnomes have taken over a rest stop on Australia's longest straight road.

This remnant of an ancient Persian city is considered to be the world's largest single-span brick vault arch.