Start at the Furnace Creek visitor center in Death Valley National Park. Drive 50 miles north on pavement, then head west for another 30 miles on bone-rattling gravel roads. During the drive—which ...

Deep within the unforgiving expanse of the California Desert lies Death Valley, home to one of the world's greatest enduring geological mysteries: the famous Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa. For ...

For decades, Racetrack Playa in California’s Death Valley and its "racing rocks", or "sailing stones", was a mystery that inspired speculation ranging from epic storms to supernatural intervention. A ...