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Oatman, Arizona

Oatman

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.
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Lake Havasu City, Arizona

Lake Havasu's London Bridge

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.
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Parker, Arizona

Parker Dam

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.
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Parker, Arizona

Swansea Ghost Town

One of the best-preserved ghost towns in Arizona speaks to the difficulties of establishing mining towns in the 19th century American West.
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Mecca, California

Salton Sea

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
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Winterhaven, California

Valley of the Names

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.
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Yuma, Arizona

Yuma Territorial Prison

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.
Added by desertfairy
Felicity, California

Felicity, California: Center of the World

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.
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Quartzsite, Arizona

The Red Ghost of Quartzsite

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.
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Quartzsite, Arizona

Hi Jolly Monument

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.
Added by zackofalltrades
Blythe, California

Mojave Shoe Station

A collection of old shoes in the middle of nowhere.
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Twentynine Palms, California

The Love Signs of Twentynine Palms

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.
Added by fiberopticnow
Twentynine Palms, California

Sunvale Village

In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.
Added by cathyallen56
Twentynine Palms, California

End of The World Sign

Artist Jack Pierson made this surreal sculpture in honor of Wonder Valley, a countercultural community on edge of civilization.
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San Bernardino County, California

Amboy Crater

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.
Added by zackofalltrades
Amboy, California

Guardian Lions of Route 66

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.
Added by sixpenny waxworks
Amboy, California

Amboy Ghost Town

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.
Added by ajackson
Ludlow, California

Ludlow

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.
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Newberry Springs, California

Bagdad Cafe

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.
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Hawthorne, Nevada

Hawthorne Ordnance Museum

Once a staging site for World War II munitions.
Added by Xtonx
Columbus, Nevada

Candelaria

This silver-mining camp has been active intermittently from the 1860s to the present.
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Hiko, Nevada

Alien Research Center

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.
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Alamo, Nevada

Little A'Le'Inn

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.
Added by zackofalltrades
Rachel, Nevada

Extraterrestrial Highway Sign

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.
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