What is obscured in this, however, is the lineage of handmade, weird, and wonderful desert ... off-grid vacation cabin for his family and is still largely existent if one knows where to look.

Four football fields of land degrade into desert every second. That equates to an area almost as large as Ethiopia each year. Could efforts to restore and reforest this arid terrain bear fruit?

New York City-based interdisciplinary artist Sanford Biggers wants you to look at the ... just under a mile into the canyons of Desert Hot Springs from the parking lot off Pierson Boulevard.