weed The fascinating history behind tumbleweeds Popkin

arizona "Slay on, queens!": Hungry javelina will cost Sedona golf club up to $375,000 in damages Jennifer Sandlin

travel Here's a list of wonderful curiosities to visit in the desert Popkin

desert Sky to dim as enormous Saharan dust cloud heads to U.S. Rusty Blazenhoff

art The Goldwell Open Air Museum is a ghostly roadside attraction Popkin

desert Travel Tunes: Tinariwen—Kel Tinawen Séamus Bellamy

video Lovely drone footage of a massive Argentine salt flat Andrea James

Kids Watch sand dune skiers hit the hot, dry slopes Andrea James

video Otherworldly nightscapes shot with spotlight-equipped drone Andrea James

Kids Watch a train roll through the desert for an hour Andrea James

Kids Guy puts a camera into a bucket of water, desert creatures sneak sips Andrea James

trailers Trailer homesteading in the Mojave Reanna Alder

elon musk Tesla's solar division discovers one weird trick to stop bad numbers: just don't report them Ellsworth Toohey

dinosaurs Huge claw belongs to newly-discovered species of sloth-like dinosaur Allan Rose Hill

california California is home to five micronations Jason Weisberger

Happy Mutants We found the most delightfully unhinged restaurant in the southwest Jennifer Sandlin

Rock n Roll New book explores the secret occult history of…Elvis Presley? Thom Dunn