I first heard about the salton sea from the 99PI episode on it: http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/sea-worth-salt http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/sea-w

I first heard about the salton sea from the 99PI episode on it: http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/sea-worth-salt http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/sea-worth-salt An engineering boo-boo flooded a giant depression, became an LA weekend resort boomtown in the 50's, and now a lot of is boarded up.