The Waste Land, a poem by T.S. Eliot

A place in The Empire Warhammer Fantasy battles

Wasteland (The Mission song), a song by gothic rock band, The Mission

"Baba O'Riley", song by The Who, often mistakenly called "Teenage Wasteland"

The Waste Lands, a novel by Stephen King

Wasteland (computer game), a computer role-playing game

"Wasteland" (Poison song), a song by Poison from their 2002 album Hollyweird

Wasteland (comic), an ongoing post-apocalyptic comic book written by Antony Johnston and Christopher Mitten and published by Oni Press

Wasteland (mythology), the Celtic motif of the land of the Fisher King

The Wasteland (Elton John song), a song by Elton John from his album Songs From The West Coast

Wasteland (TV series), an American television drama, debuted in 1999

Wasteland (DC Comics), a 1987 horror/humor comic book anthology written by John Ostrander and Del Close and published by DC Comics

"Wasteland" (song), a 2005 single by rock band 10 Years

Wasteland (The View song), a song by The View from their debut album Hats Off to the Buskers

A landscape devoid of nutrients, soil and/or moisture; see also, overgrazing, slash and burn, deforestation, erosion, scorched earth

Wasteland Speech, a 1961 speech by FCC chairman Newton N. Minow in which he compares television to "a vast wasteland"