moonlike badlands. There is a mystique about these places, and they beckon to be explored. Five Palms in Anza-Borrego. (Ernie Cowan / For The San Diego Union-Tribune) Some of the native palm ...

But it ends with dramatic, sweeping, rippling, sandy views of Anza Borrego’s badlands that stretch all the way to the Salton Sea. Apparently, this area receives one to three earthquakes per day ...

Its vast landscape is incredibly diverse, comprising sand dunes, valleys, canyons, badlands, mountains, and salt flats. Located east of San Diego, Anza-Borrego Desert’s landscape is very similar ...