This lesser-known city in California serves as the perfect base to explore some trails, go off-roading, and have outdoor ...

While many parts of the preserve require four-wheel drive, the aptly named Rings Trail is accessible along paved roads, and ...

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 ...

The Extraterrestrial Highway in south central Nevada runs through one of the darkest and most desolate stretches of the continental United States — and it’s famous for alien encounters.

In this April 4, 2008 file photo, Marines wait for a desert tortoise to move off the road at the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) SAN ...