In the California desert, ghost towns pop up sporadically along miles of empty highway. Just west of the Nevada border, the ruins of Route 66's revelrous heyday can be seen in abandoned spots around ...

At its peak in the 1880s, Frisco boasted perhaps 6,000 souls, 23 saloons and a violent reputation. Its mines yielded silver, ...

TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — Nine months alone in the desert. Now, a dog named Ghost has finally been rescued and given a home. Ghost was spotted roaming around the Eastside in May of last year and it was ...

Over the last several weeks, I’ve shared the highlights of California’s two desert national parks, Death Valley and Joshua Tree; both feature mild winter climates and intriguing typography; this week, ...

Eagle Mountain, California, a ghost town situated about 90 minutes from Palm Springs, just landed a new owner. According to documents obtained by SFGATE, a mystery buyer purchased the desert town for ...

This post was updated Oct. 31 at 8:19 p.m. The crowd was anything but barren when listening to Forrest Gander read his work about life in a desert. Gander, an author and an emeritus chancellor for the ...