Decades ago, the Salton Sea was one of California's most beloved tourist destinations, attracting the likes of Frank Sinatra, ...

Hotels, yacht clubs, homes, and schools sprang up along the shores as the Salton Sea became a resort destination. But disaster loomed. By the late 1970s, the ecosystem was deteriorating rapidly.

California's eerie abandoned resort town was once a booming beach escape along the Salton Sea. In the 1950s, it was a star-studded resort town frequented by celebrities and musicians like the ...

I explored the Salton Sea's abandoned North Shore Beach and Yacht Club, the most disturbing resort in California. SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo Skip to main content ...

The Salton Sea, California. The Salton Sea. Rman 348/Wikimedia Commons ... The abandoned Baker Hotel, which opened in 1929, was the first skyscraper built outside of a major metropolitan area.

Near the Mexican border lies California's largest lake, the Salton Sea—a once-thriving resort area whose population has dwindled over the years as the salty body of water has grown increasingly ...

He abandoned Salton City without explanation in 1960, leaving behind only a few houses, sewers, a serpentine layout of empty roads and street signs with names like Sea View Avenue and Sea Mist Place.

Property values collapsed, and owners abandoned homes and trailers, leaving only skeletons and ghost resorts behind. More recently, the ongoing California drought continues to lower the lake level ...

The Salton Sea, California’s largest lake at 370 square miles, once supported popular resorts and a thriving inland saltwater fishery. It is now shrinking and threatening to wreak havoc on air ...

As water levels drop, so does tourism at the Salton Sea on Dec. 29, 2022, in Niland, California. Plans for The Bombay Beach Resort changed after the Salton Sea was formed in 1905 when Colorado ...

Reaching the Salton Sea's Date Palm Beach became easier with the opening of the North Shore road. A story in the July 1, 1934, Los Angeles Times explains: Offering motorists a new route into ...

For centuries, the Colorado River periodically emptied into a body of water known as Lake Cahuilla on the northern reaches of the Gulf of California. The Salton Sea was created there in 1905 when ...