In a nutshell, that is the story of Scotty's Castle, a Spanish revival villa that started construction in Death Valley in the 1920s and was built on a bold-faced scam. The mansion has been largely ...

Public tours of the Castle ended after the night of October 18, 2015, when a powerful storm dumped nearly a whole year’s ...

Since there's so much to see and do here at Death Valley National Park, you might want to consider camping. Here's our ...

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