Dean: Once upon a time, the Salton Sea was a natural sea in Southern California. But similar to Death Valley, it started to dry up — until white settlers came along. These folks built up ...

Flanked by the Chocolate Mountains and the fertile green acres of California's Imperial Valley, the Salton Sea is one of the most spectacular and bizarre bodies of water in the United States.

Death Valley is about to get deadlier. The California national park could break its own record for the world’s hottest place early next week as a dangerous heat wave sweeps through the Golden State.

Death Valley doesn’t sound like a place anyone would want to visit. With summertime temperatures regularly soaring well into the triple digits, even in the shade, it can feel like an inferno.

Khristopher J. Brooks is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch. He previously worked as a reporter for the Omaha World-Herald, Newsday and the Florida Times-Union. His reporting primarily focuses on the U ...

Bobby Alford is the assistant superintendent at Furnace Creek Golf Course, in Death Valley, Calif., where the property bottoms out at 214 feet below sea level and summertime temperatures routinely ...

The lowest point of Death Valley, known as Badwater, is located 282 feet below sea level, while Mount Whitney(the highest ...

There are few national parks as extreme as Death Valley National Park, which straddles the border of California and Nevada. The saltwater flats of Badwater Basin sit well below sea level and face ...

SALTON SEA, Calif. — In a state boasting epic mountain ranges and stunning coastlines, the Salton Sea is not typically considered an outdoor-lover’s paradise. California’s largest inland ...

To irrigate their fields, the valley’s farmers rely completely on Colorado River water, which arrives by an 80-mile-long canal. And the Salton Sea, the state’s largest lake, relies on water ...