Landers, California
The Dream Wanderer
Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Landers, California
Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.
Joshua Tree, California
While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.
Buttonwillow, California
In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.
Laramie, Wyoming
The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.
Baker, California
This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.
Agua Dulce, California
Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.
Inglewood, California
A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.
Long Beach, California
The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.
Silver City, Nevada
An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.
Cabazon, California
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Los Angeles, California
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Lake Los Angeles, California
A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.
Silverado, California
The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.
Lucerne Valley, California
A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.
Yucca Valley, California
On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.
Virginia City, Nevada
Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.
Landers, California
Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.
Yucca Mesa, California
An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.
Pioneertown, California
A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.
Pioneertown, California
A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.
Inyo County, California
The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."