Thousand Palms, CA Hotels

Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near California

While in California, you might enjoy a visit to:

Sculpture park of Biblical figures in the California desert.
~22 miles from Thousand Palms.

Overphotographed 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.
~23 miles from Thousand Palms.

Lawrence Welk Resort -- a museum and a happy land of polkas, waltzes and champagne music.
~59 miles from Thousand Palms.

Religious folk art painted by Leonard Knight onto dirt ridge he calls Salvation Mountain.
~65 miles from Thousand Palms.

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