As part of our continuing coverage of "Afghanistan: the Road Ahead," CBS News correspondent Terry McCarthy follows the Third Battalion, First Marines at home, and abroad in Afghanistan. There's ...

As you can imagine, life in the desert has its challenges. Still, that doesn’t mean it’s any less pleasant to live out there ...

Dry, desolate and delightfully empty, deserts offer an unmatched escape from the noise of modern life. With vast expanses of sand, endless star-filled skies and a sense of serene isolation, they’re ...

Deserts might not be the first place you'd think of for a vacation, but these sun-kissed landscapes are full of surprises. Endless dunes, stunning sunsets, and landscapes that look like they're ...

Anyone who has visited the Los Angeles County Museum of Art this summer has likely come across its current retrospective on Ed Ruscha, the Pop artist noted for his word paintings and books that ...

STUNNING photos of the Succulent Karoo desert have captured the majesty of the most bio-diverse arid desert on the planet. Most deserts are barren places but as the pictures show, this rare landscape ...

After calling Calabasas home for 25 years, my wife, Sandy, and I did what we should have done years ago; we moved to Indian Ridge in Palm Desert. Appropriate, for we met at the Gene Autry Hotel, 1971.

Jaisalmer, the ‘Golden City of Rajasthan’, is known for its historical and cultural significance. The city is surrounded by the golden Thar Desert. For those planning a trip to this royal city, there ...

Not only is this striking metal-sided house a beautiful example of prefab architecture — it was also designed not just for the people who reside there, but also for their animals! The owners of the ...