For more than 135 years, people have reported strange lights above the horizon in Marfa, Texas. No-one knows exactly what they are, and that’s what makes them so captivating. Video by Eliot Stein.

For all I know, there may be UFOs lurking in the desert around us. My eyes scan for the bouncing orbs of light we’ve been warned about: the odd, unexplainable, rumored-extraterrestrial “Marfa Lights,” ...

A structure at one with the wild, arid simplicity of the Texas desert, this Marfa house is the work of two architects, Berkeley-based Rael San Fratello and Tucson-based Dust. Minimalist architecture, ...

Something magical happens each time I reach the 26-mile stretch of highway between Alpine and Marfa. Perhaps it is the gradual softening of the landscape as it turns from rugged tundra to silvery, ...