A new book documents the creative essence of the High Desert and the folks who choose to live there. This exclusive excerpt previews a few of the artists featured in its pages.

Leave behind the familiar fields and open roads of the Imperial Valley, and you soon encounter a desert landscape that feels ...

Nestled in the northernmost part of India, Leh Ladakh is a paradise where every turn unveils a breathtaking view. From ...

With its dramatic rock formations, vast desert landscapes and iconic Joshua trees reaching for the sky, the Joshua Tree area ...

It’s like a horror scene out of some crazy science fiction movie,” says Quentin Nardi, Smithsonian magazine’s chief ...

Cara Romero's otherworldly imagery examines the intersection of Indigenous tradition and environmental development.