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

This desert landscape east of Bend was buried by a basalt lava ... complete with walled ramparts and rock windows. The Dry River Channel, 1.4 miles from the Badlands Trailhead, is a narrow canyon ...

the desert landscape was used to refine the ore that came from the gold mines in nearby Cripple Creek. During the 20th century, Red Rock Canyon was owned by the Bock family, who had plans to ...