Joan and Kirk Bullard sit under the awning of Roy's. The gas station and store is the only operational business in Amboy, Calif., once a desert destination on Route 66. It's a Friday afternoon in ...

AMBOY, Calif. — Water is the key to the future of Roy’s Motel & Cafe, the lone survivor in a Route 66 town that, at its peak, boasted 200 residents, three gas stations, three motels, two cafes, a post ...

The tiny Mojave Desert outpost of Amboy has seen a lot of change over the past 50 years or so. First, Route 66 was bypassed by Interstate 40, directing travelers ...

Located near Barstow, the abandoned silver mining town that’s been around since the 1880s is best known as a tourist destination in the Mojave Desert and for claims of paranormal activity. Folks with ...

Many visitors to California are drawn to the Pacific Coast, and why wouldn't they be? With great weather most of the year and miles of gorgeous beaches, it is the perfect place for a vacation. And ...

There’s something magnetic about abandoned places. Maybe it’s the silence where there used to be noise, or the way wooden buildings lean like they’re telling secrets to the wind. Ghost towns across ...

It's a Friday afternoon in mid-May and a Czech biker is eating an ice cream cone at the counter of a gas station along a desolate stretch of the Mojave Desert. Outside, his entourage crowds around a ...