Above the Mojave Desert in California

The scale, beauty, and vastness of the Mojave Desert is perhaps best captured from above. These aerial images were photographed north of Palm Springs, California.

 

Tramway Gas Station in Palm Springs, California

Albert Frey, the famed modernist architect who helped to establish the desert modern style in Palm Springs, California, designed the Tramway Gas Station with Robson Chambers. It was built in 1965 as an Enco service station and today is home to the Palm Springs Visitor Center. The building is located at the base of the road leading up to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway.

Archival image of the Palm Springs Tramway Gas Station.

Archival image of the Palm Springs Tramway Gas Station.

Cabot's Pueblo in Desert Hot Springs, California

Built by Cabot Abram Yerxa in Desert Hot Springs, California, Cabot's Pueblo (as it's now known) was constructed over several decades using salvaged items that he acquired throughout his time in the desert. Yerxa opened his Hopi-style pueblo in 1945 with his inspiration found in the Pueblo Revival Style of architecture.

The odd shapes and layout of the structure is a result of Cabot using many of the salvaged pieces he found 'as is'. The pueblo boasts 35 rooms, 150 windows, 65 doors, and 5000 square feet of space. Also known as Cabot's Old Indian Pueblo Museum, the location houses some of Yerxa's original artwork, as well as American Indian and early desert homesteader artifacts.

It's said this bathtub was one of the few things Cabot bought new.