Virginia City, Nevada
Piper's Opera House
Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.
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Places I've been
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Pioneertown, California
Pioneertown
A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.
Bombay Beach, California
Bombay Beach
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.
Joshua Tree, California
Institute of Mentalphysics
Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."
Berkeley, California
Moe's Books
A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.
West Sacramento, California
I Street Bridge
I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.
Permanently Closed
Placerville, California
Gothic Rose Antiques & Curiosities
Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.
Arcadia, California
Arboretum & Botanical Gardens
Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.
Bishop, California
Laws Railroad Museum
The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.
Ione, California
Preston Castle
One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.
Pomona, California
Spadra Cemetery
This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.
