One of the longest-running natural mysteries in the United States, though, was that of the Sailing Stones of Death Valley. In Death Valley National Park, located on the sizzling border between ...

Racetrack Playa is a dry, flat lakebed in California that is littered with hundreds of mysterious, moving rocks. Also known as the "sailing stones," these rocks leave tracks stretching up to 1,500 ...

The epicenter was 8 miles east of Stovepipe Wells in the northern part of Death Valley, according to the Nevada Seismological Lab. The tremor at the depth of this earthquake shook parts of ...

LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of hotel guests trapped by flash flooding at Death Valley National Park were able to drive out after crews cleared a pathway through rocks and mud, but roads damaged by ...

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK — Entry to the hottest place on Earth will remain closed to cars for at least another week after a rainstorm stranded 1,000 people and flushed dirt, rocks and debris ...

Still, Death Valley might look familiar to newcomers; the sand dunes and rock formations here served as the landscape of Tatooine in the original “Star Wars” movie. Park officials said the ...

There are rocks probably 3 or 4 feet covering the road,” he said. Sirlin said it took him about 6 hours to drive about 35 miles (56 kilometers) out of the park from near the Inn at Death Valley.