Pulsating along the periphery of its new forthcoming cultural center, the Agua Caliente Hot Mineral Spring bubbles as it has since time immemorial.
Snow Day in Palm Springs!
Palm Springs has seen snow a few times over the decades, but never more than it did 40 years ago, on Jan. 31, 1979.
Palm Springs has seen snow a few times over the decades, but never more than it did 40 years ago, on Jan. 31, 1979, when it blanketed the city.
Explore Palm Springs: Party Sinatra Style
The Chairman of the Board brought his entourage to Palm Springs for a little sun and fun, including baseball great Leo Durocher.
The Chairman of the Board, Frank Sinatra, brought his entourage to Palm Springs for a little sun and fun, including baseball great Leo Durocher.
Explore Palm Springs: Colonial House
Under what is now the Colony Palms Hotel was an underground playground dating back to the 1930s.
The Colony Palms Hotel in Palm Springs hides an infamous underground playground when booze and gambling in the 1930s were outlawed.
“I Obey the Laws of Nature”
He wasn’t sick, but laborer-turned-hermit William Pester found many reasons to seek a cure in the canyons near Palm Springs.
He wasn’t sick, but laborer-turned-hermit William Pester found many reasons to seek a cure in the canyons near Palm Springs.
Explore Palm Springs: Historic Site Preservation Board
The demolition of the ticket booth at the Plaza Theatre started a movement to protect historic buildings.
In January 1978, the groundwork was laid to create the Historic Site Preservation Board to protect buildings like the 1936 Plaza Theatre.
Call of the Wild
Armed with a camera and a .38 revolver, Susie Keef Smith and her cousin, Lula Mae Graves, set out in the 1920s to document the desert outback.
Armed with a camera and a .38 revolver, Susie Keef Smith and her cousin, Lula Mae Graves, set out in the 1920s to document the desert outback.
Artistry of a Gourd Rattle
The makings of an ancient instrument.
Gourd rattles are the most common and have been an inherent part of Agua Caliente culture for generations.
From Here to Eternity
Walter and Leonore Annenberg invited presidents and diplomats to let down their guard and work toward world peace at their sunnylands estate, which continues their tradition today.
Walter and Leonore Annenberg appear to have delighted in bringing their circle of friends together at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage.
A Towering Presence
Take away your midcentury modernism and you’d be hard-pressed to find a more iconic structure in Palm Springs than El Mirador Tower.