In the California desert, ghost towns pop up sporadically along miles of empty highway. Just west of the Nevada border, the ruins of Route 66's revelrous heyday can be seen in abandoned spots around ...

Picture a dusty town frozen in time, where wooden buildings creak in the desert wind and stories of silver miners echo through empty streets. Calico sits in the Mojave Desert, a place where history ...

AMBOY, Calif. — Water is the key to the future of Roy’s Motel & Cafe, the lone survivor in a Route 66 town that, at its peak, boasted 200 residents, three gas stations, three motels, two cafes, a post ...

The tiny Mojave Desert outpost of Amboy has seen a lot of change over the past 50 years or so. First, Route 66 was bypassed by Interstate 40, directing travelers ...

Ely, Nevada, is an isolated town on the Loneliest Highway in America. With its retro, frozen-in-time vibe and eerie ...

In his new book, Abandoned Southern California: The Slowing of Time, photographer Ken Lee has captured the ruins of lost civilizations as they melt away in the desert. He captures old jalopies, shacks ...

We took the Durango Hellcat on a drive through Death Valley, California. Check out the pics. Lurking in the shadows of the ...