Goldwell Open Air Museum, Rhyolite, NV. There are ghosts everywhere. The hooded sculptures of the Goldwell Open Air Museum shade the landscape from one end of the desert floor while the mostly abandoned mining town of Rhyolite crumbles stoically next door. Belgian artists built the Goldwell Open Air Museum in the 1980’s. The desert is…
Zyzzyx Spring, Mojave National Preserve, CA. It’s fall here in Los Angeles, and that means one thing. We can once again head to the desert without imminent risk of death. Sure, people go to the Southern California desert in summer. We flock to Burning Man and Coachella by the hundreds of thousands. But for both of…
John Muir Wildnerness, North Fork Big Pine Canyon. I don’t know what it’s like where you are, but it is HOT in Los Angeles. Summer is a long time coming here, the marine layer in June, that cool layer of fog that rests over the city, keeps us lulled in chilly spring. July brings fireworks…
Bagdad Cafe, Newberry Springs, CA. It would be just another decrepit café sitting along a gone Route 66, sucking in dust, if it weren’t for the French tourists. God bless them. The smell of griddle grease is like an old regular slouching around and noticeable as soon as we push open the door. The place…
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