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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Calipatria

7 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Calipatria, California

Updated December 19, 2018

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Salvation Mountain

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

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Slab City

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

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Obsidian Butte on the Salton Sea

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

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Davis-Schrimpf Seep Field

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

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Salton Sea Duck Blinds

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

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Carcass Beach

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

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Calipatria Flagpole

Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."
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