On Sept. 18, 1973, drinking heavily, Parsons took a fatally high dose of morphine and died in that very room. When he arrived at the hospital early on Sept. 19, 1973, he was declared dead on arrival.

For decades, the lodging options near Joshua Tree National Park were decidedly limited. Travelers in the know might have stayed at the 29 Palms Inn with its historic adobe cabins or the Joshua Tree ...

Black Rock Campground in Joshua Tree National Park is a sizeable ninety-nine-site campground with an additional 20 horse ...

1970s rock star Gram Parsons formed International Submarine Band while studying theology at Harvard. Later he went on to join The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers. In September 1973, Parsons was ...

White Tank Campground is located in Joshua Tree National Park. Campers love this quiet 18-site small campground with inc ...

Joshua Tree, Big Bend, Capitol Reef, Isle Royale, Kenai Fjords and Theodore Roosevelt are national parks that may never be the stars of a Ken Burns documentary. But each offers its own charm, and you ...

Joshua Tree National Park, Calif. - It's a dry heat - a boulder-studded, wind-raked Mojave heat in which rock stars lie low, artists think big, Marines train, weird plants jut toward the sun like ...

A bright moon illuminates the sky above the desert in Joshua Tree National Park. Los Angeles Times/MCT photos Pappy & Harriet’s, a bar, restaurant and live music venue in Pioneertown, draws an ...

The rock jumbles found in the park were formed by some 90 million years of erosion. JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Yosemite, Yellowstone and Grand Canyon get the publicity, and the visitors. But ...