We were driving along Highway 62 in Joshua Tree last weekend and stopped to take some pics of these dinosaurs. It's kind of bizarre seeing these along the side of the road, so I used my iPhone (which adds to that surreal feeling). Dream Canvas film with Salvador 84 lens Had to laugh at this one... from this angle it appears the dinosaurs are tied up to keep them from wandering out in the street! Linking to Skywatch Friday. We took the Jeep out into the desert in the late afternoon for a…

I came across this tiny mining shack this spring, while hiking for tortoise surveys in the Mojave desert.

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Abandoned Shack as a Studio, She Shed, Man Cave, Workshop? Tile Roof, Big Windows, Lots of Light, Desert Setting

Noah Purifoy spent the final years of his life in Joshua Tree making Junk Art

Abandoned shack along the main road on the eastern end of Yermo, California, a dying little desert community sustained only by the local Marine Corps Logistics Annex, seen here in the background of this shot. Large On Black Twilight, 2/3 moon, CTO-gelled X2000 flashlight.

When I went to take photos in the Wonder Valley, I knew little about the place with small homesteads. I was drawn to it by the sheer aesthetic of abandonment and isolation, of alienation and wreckage, of uncanniness and history unknown.

View from inside a desert shack, near Barstow, California.

Very few things are as rewarding as transforming a fixer-upper into the home of your dreams. Yet, anyone who has traveled down the path of renovation knows how windy that road can be. To help combat unforeseen challenges, we asked expert renovators what all they would consider before investing in a...