Salton Sea

10 Places

Calipatria, California

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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Calipatria, California

Obsidian Butte on the Salton Sea

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

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Calipatria, California

Davis-Schrimpf Seep Field

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

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Calipatria, California

Salvation Mountain

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

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Niland, California

East Jesus

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

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Calipatria, California

Slab City

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

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Mecca, California

International Banana Museum

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

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Bombay Beach, California

Bombay Beach

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

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Mecca, California

Dos Palmas and San Andreas Springs

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

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Mecca, California

Salton Sea

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Rebekah Otto

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