About an hour and a half from Los Angeles is a high desert valley whose rugged, picturesque beauty has made it one of the most popular filming locations around. Victor Valley is situated in the Mojave ...

The deserts in California are home to endemic plants, animals, desert cities, the hottest place on the earth and the lowest in North America.

Imagine a scene in a movie about the Old West, where the characters are in a desperate search for water in the desert, stumbling across a barren landscape under a scorching sun, and carrying an empty ...

Located east of Los Angeles, the Mojave is the largest protected desert in the world. Mojave National Preserve is the rain shadow of the towering pine-covered mountains about 100 miles west. Located ...

The road to Mitchell Caverns was paved but rough, and I slowed my Prius to a crawl to avoid constant giant potholes and washouts. Luckily, I was the only car on Essex Road that Saturday morning. It ...