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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Lancaster

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Lancaster, California

Updated March 2, 2022

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Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.
Musical Road

Lancaster, California

Civic Musical Road

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.
The Sanctuary Adventist Church.

Hi Vista, California

Sanctuary Adventist Church

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.
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Lancaster, California

Antelope Valley Indian Museum

Built by one man in the '20s, this site is now a museum representing the Great Basin cultures.
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Palmdale, California

R. Lee Ermey Musical Road

The road plays 30 seconds of the Marine’s Hymn when driving over the grooved pavement.
3 miles from Lancaster
N91FS (F-86F-30), whose first flight was in April 1954

Palmdale, California

Blackbird Airpark

See four top-secret US spy aircraft of the Cold War era, including the legendary SR-71 Blackbird and the A-12 Oxcart.
6 miles from Lancaster
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Cat with a “mousicle,” a frozen block of dead mice.

Rosamond, California

The Cat House

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.
13 miles from Lancaster
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