On our way from Death Valley, we stopped at Death Valley Junction. I had been looking forward to this moment more than anything else that day, because it’s home to the Amargosa Opera House—a hotel con...

After visiting Los Angeles, we headed to Death Valley National Park—one of the most extreme places on the entire American continent. I had visited several times before, but this trip felt completely d...

For our third and final stop in Los Angeles, we saved Griffith Observatory—an iconic landmark with one of the finest views of the city, the Hollywood Sign, and all of downtown LA. It’s a place that

After visiting the Walk of Fame—the very first thing we did in Los Angeles on the evening we arrived—it was time for our second major stop: Universal Studios Hollywood. And I have to say

On our way from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, after stopping at Calico Ghost Town, which I covered in another article, we decided to visit the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This was meant to be a short interlud...

Between the glittering neon lights of Las Vegas and the Hollywood billboards of Los Angeles stretches the inhospitable Mojave—a desert where you would never expect to find anything interesting. And ri...