Red Pass

Clamber over the serrated surface of this enormous saltpan in Death Valley, where huge halite salt crystals have sculpted the bottom of a former lake.

Feel the soft and smooth finish of the shiny marbleized rocks that characterize the walls of this exceptional canyon in Death Valley.

The oldest house in Death Valley is a 19th-century miners’ bunkhouse that now contains a shop surrounded by equipment that supported the valley’s primary product.

See an American desert in this expansive, sweltering U.S. national park. Find birds, wildflowers and snow-capped mountains here as well.

This part of Death Valley National Park is made up of an otherworldly terrain of clay, sand and the surrounding mountains.

On top of Providence Ridge, ruins remain of this once prosperous mine, which was run by a single prospector who lived alone here for almost 40 years.