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Over 130 rusty life-size sculptures of dinosaurs, big prehistoric mammals, a few humans, and at least one sea monster, are scattered over three square miles of desert.
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- Address:
- 786 Palm Canyon Drive, Borrego Springs, CA
- Directions:
- From CA-78 drive north 12 miles on either Yaqui Pass Rd or Borrego Springs Rd into town. At the town's only traffic circle, continue north a little over two miles to the Sand Monster (this map point). A printed map to all sculptures can be picked up outside the town Welcome Center at 786 Palm Canyon Drive.
- Phone:
- 760-767-5555
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
Collection in the old town train station includes history of C&H Sugar Company, miniature Washington DC cathedral made by a sanatorium patient, giant wasp nest, and a record-sized sturgeon caught in San Pablo Bay.
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Crockett Historical Museum
- Address:
- 900 Loring Ave., Crockett, CA
- Directions:
- Crockett Historical Museum. I-80 exit 27, east of bridge, Pomona St. 5 blocks then left on Rolph Ave to end, museum is on left before RR tracks.
- Hours:
- W, Sa 10-3 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 510-787-2178
- Admission:
- Donation.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
Travel back to the '80s, when a B-movie actor was America's President. Memorabilia, diplomacy, Cold War classic Gipper moments. Walk through Air Force One, crawl through a replica Berlin Wall! Ron's buried out back.
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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
- Address:
- 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA
- Directions:
- Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. Ronald Reagan Fwy exit 22 or 22A. Drive south on Madera Rd for three miles. Turn right onto Presidential Drive; one mile to the museum.
- Hours:
- M-Sa 10 am - 5 pm, Su 12-5 pm. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 805-522-8444
- Admission:
- Adults $21.
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
- Colorado Springs, Colorado - Forgotten Traffic Circle Tower
Weirdly futuristic white tower in an overgrown, little-used traffic circle is a tribute to long-dead Eugene McCleary, forward-thinking mayor of Colorado Springs.
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- Address:
- 4335 Northpark Drive, Colorado Springs, CO
- Directions:
- I-25 exit 146. Turn east onto Garden of the Gods Rd, then instantly turn right at the gas station (no stoplight) onto Sinton Rd. Drive a hundred yards, then turn left onto Northpark Drive. You'll see the monument straight ahead.
You can't fight a war without stuff -- and flying that stuff where it's needed is the job of the Air Mobility Command. Museum includes a hangar full of exhibits and tarmac of 36 old military planes including a C-5 Galaxy, the second-largest plane on display in America.
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Dover Air Force Base
- Address:
- 1301 Heritage Rd, Dover AFB, DE
- Directions:
- On the south end of Dover Air Force Base. 1.5 miles south of exit 93 on Hwy 1. Take Hwy 9/Bayside Drive north for about a mile, and look for the entrance sign on the left.
- Hours:
- T-Su 9-4 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 302-677-5938
- Admission:
- Free. donations accepted
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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