Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near California

While in California, you might enjoy a visit to:

Alien landscape of hundreds of spires and geologic oddities. A popular place to shoot movies and TV productions.
~53 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.

The Madonna of the Trail is a pinkish, stony-faced pioneer Mom, in long skirt and bonnet, strutting westward with an infant in her arms.
~65 miles from Barstow.

Another big Indian head carved by Peter Toth, next to an unusual dwelling.
~72 miles from Barstow.

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