It offers food, music and language from various ethnic groups, who have produced notable leaders, columnist Nick Cataldo writes.

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Comprising meticulously arranged gravel windrows, the Maze's origins are debated—some attribute it to 19th-century railroad activities, while the Fort Mojave Tribe regards it as a spiritual site ...

Discover a surreal outdoor art museum in California's Mojave Desert where discarded objects transform into thought-provoking installations that challenge perceptions of waste, value and time.

“Barbara’s Desert Café” features illustrations by Carel P. Brest van Kempen. (Courtesy Foolscap & Quill) From the “Cast Iron Miracle” – in which a violent outlaw reforms after a skillet blow to the ...

Wally's Desert Turtle in Rancho Mirage hosted guests for conversations of about cancer survival at a benefit for Shay's Warriors.

Discover a surreal outdoor art museum in California's Mojave Desert where discarded objects transform into thought-provoking installations that challenge perceptions of waste, value and time.

Arizona's saguaro cactus has evolved to thrive in the extreme climate of the Sonoran Desert, but after decades of rising heat, even these towering icons are showing signs of stress.

Las Cruces, in southwestern New Mexico, blends mountain and desert scenery with Mexican, Native American and Western culture.

Explore the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture® lineup with Babyface, Jill Scott, Patti LaBelle, Erykah Badu, and Master P’s final show.

The “wind phone” was installed by Colin Campbell and Gail Lerner, whose children, Ruby and Hart Campbell, were killed by a drunk driver in 2019.