Deputies found the bodies of six people at a remote dirt crossroads in the Mojave Desert in Southern California, a scene described as so grisly that TV stations blurred some of the images captured by their helicopters overhead. San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies responding to a request for a wellness check reached the area off … Read more
Saltdale is not California’s most picturesque ghost town. It’s certainly not the largest, nor is it the most historical. But it may be the next to disappear. Saltdale sinks into Koehn Lake, a dry lakebed with salt deposits on its surface in the Mojave Desert, about 20 miles north of California City. Up close, the old … Read more
Sanctuary Adventist Church in Hi Vista, Calif., on Oct. 17, 2023. Timothy Karoff/SFGATE When Oscar Castañeda opened his church’s doors at the end of 2002, he didn’t expect thousands of uninvited guests to show up. Sanctuary Adventist Church sits in an area that Castañeda describes as “the middle of nowhere”: a dusty, Joshua Tree-strewn stretch … Read more
As a tiny, unincorporated hamlet, Amboy yields no results in the U.S. Census Bureau. It’s unclear how many residents — if any — still live there. Paul I. via Yelp The deserted town of Amboy looks like a Harley Davidson fever dream drenched in neon. Just along Route 66 in the Mojave Desert, it appears like a mirage, … Read more