If you like getting "lost" on a road trip, taking the long way there, try driving on U.S. Highway 90 south of Van Horn in far West Texas. Near Valentine is the permanent art installation Prada Marfa.

I’d only ever heard stories about Marfa, Texas — something about mysterious lights, endless stars, and a Prada store that isn’t really a store. In my mind, it was a desert mirage, a remote place where ...

A scientist would say that light is electromagnetic radiation that the eye sees. I like to define light in more romantic terms: the heart of a candle, the face of the moon, the luggage of a firefly. I ...