Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near California

While in California, you might enjoy a visit to:

From 1944-1974 Zzyzx (zye-zix) was the private fiefdom of "medicine man" Curtis Howe Springer, who made millions selling bogus health cures through his radio station in town. Now there are ruins, palm trees and buildings housing university students working on desert research projects.
~55 miles from Barstow.

Over-photographed dinosaurs in the desert. Built by Claude Bell, who ran the Wheel Inn on I-10; currently owned by folks who don't buy the Theory of Evolution.
~69 miles from Barstow.

Someone must sort the olives, and you can be there to witness the complex culling process.
~67 miles from Barstow.

Giant fiberglass woman with the blond flip hairdo stands near all the hubbub about hub caps.
~78 miles from Barstow.

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