Namib Desert features red dunes and Deadvlei's ancient trees, evoking a Martian landscape against a blue sky. Egypt's White Desert features surreal white chalk formations shaped by wind and sand, ...

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Nevada offers so much more than glittering casinos and neon lights—venture beyond the tourist hotspots and you'll discover a landscape of otherworldly beauty, from ghost towns frozen in time to ...