The first time I walked into the Huntington Desert Garden in California, it hit me like a splash of cold water. Arid land hosts some of Earth's most vibrant and explosive sculptural flora. These ...

Van Zyl’s golden mole is an extraordinary creature. It is more closely related to elephants than to the moles you might find in gardens and parks. It has no visible eyes or ears and it “swims” just ...

When you think of beautiful and luxurious destinations, islands and beaches are often the first places that spring to mind. But desert landscapes offer equally dazzling views, a heightened sense of ...

Patricia Moorten used to admonish her son Clark while working in her garden. Her biggest gripe was picking up desert soil with piles of leaves or refuse. There is bedrock in the mesa and she knew ...

STUNNING photos of the Succulent Karoo desert have captured the majesty of the most bio-diverse arid desert on the planet. Most deserts are barren places but as the pictures show, this rare landscape ...

Deserts might not be the first place you'd think of for a vacation, but these sun-kissed landscapes are full of surprises. Endless dunes, stunning sunsets, and landscapes that look like they're ...

Dry, desolate and delightfully empty, deserts offer an unmatched escape from the noise of modern life. With vast expanses of sand, endless star-filled skies and a sense of serene isolation, they're ...

FM 170, also known as El Camino del Rio, is a scenic 114-mile drive through Far West Texas that follows the Rio Grande and passes through Big Bend Ranch State Park. The route features dramatic desert ...

Jaisalmer, the ‘Golden City of Rajasthan’, is known for its historical and cultural significance. The city is surrounded by the golden Thar Desert. For those planning a trip to this royal city, there ...

Students at The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, Taliesin West have erected small sleeping shelters on the school’s Arizona desert property in for decades, hearkening back to the early days ...