One of the most fascinating is Rhyolite in the Bullfrog Hills, about 190km northwest of Las Vegas, near the eastern edge of Death Valley. This boomtown sprung to life after a couple of prospectors ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a young man, I recall watching the western series "Death Valley Days" with my grandmother. It turned out to be one of the ...

Jonah S. Blustain, BLM assistant field manager, will present a lecture, "More than a Ghost Town: Cultural Resource Management in the Phantom City of Rhyolite, Nevada" on Thursday, Jan. 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Surveying Tiehm's buckwheat plants in Esmerelda County, Nevada. (Photo by Sarah Kulpa/USFWS) Federal land managers gave their ...

ESMERALDA COUNTY — Navigating the winding dirt path that may soon be paved for autonomous cars at Rhyolite Ridge is an easy feat for Bernard Rowe. He knows the prehistoric landscape well — and ...