An art festival in the California desert is far from ordinary, and not just because it's free. It exists "on the literal edge of western civilization." ...

Thousands Met in the California Desert to Live Out Post-Apocalyptic ‘Mad Max’ Fantasies. A Photographer Was There to Capture the Action Joe Pettet-Smith thought he was only there to get one photo.

CALIFORNIA CITY, Calif. – If life after the apocalypse will be anything like Wasteland Weekend – the Mad Max-inspired event in the California desert – then go ahead and push the red button ...