In 1999 a young American dumped his bicycle and walked out into the Great Sandy Desert. Why was he willing to risk his life, ...

Herbert was haunted by the specter of unstoppable dunes. In Dune, he imagined a desert that swallowed an entire planet—an ...

Sand Ridge State Forest in Forest City is Illinois’ best-kept natural secret, and frankly, it’s too extraordinary to stay ...

By Victor Block In the mid-1800s, people traveling through a desert landscape in present-day California stopped at an oasis ...

Welcome to Red Rock Canyon State Park. Tucked away in Cantil, California, where the Mojave Desert meets the southernmost tip ...