the once cutting-edge festival in the Nevada desert which has often sold out in recent years despite having grown increasingly expensive. How about an elusive art festival on the coast of Salton ...

particularly in the mountains and across the desert. Overnight into Friday, there is a higher likelihood of moderate rain along predominately the coastal areas, with some spots possibly seeing up ...

This story appears in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. At dawn, three weeks before the winter solstice, the last tendrils of fog curled gray against the pinking sky over a sand ...