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Calico Ghost Town

A desert ghost town that was once home to over 500 silver mines, Calico lasted only 12 years of boom before it all went bust.

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Yermo, California

Peggy Sue's '50s Diner & Diner-Saur Park

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

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Solar One and Solar Two

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

Allison

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3 miles from Yermo

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Rock-A-Hoola Waterpark

The "Fun Spot of The Desert" is now a haunting ruin acting as a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

amboy

8 miles from Yermo

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Vivos Underground Shelter Network for 4,000 Survivors

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

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10 miles from Yermo

Barstow, California

Painted Rocks

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

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21 miles from Yermo

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