HIKING MILLNER CREEK: WHITE MOUNTAINS, CA
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Located 20 miles north of Bishop, CA at the base of the White Mountains, water from Millner Creek was once used to power the mining operations of the nearby Champion Spark Plug Mine.
Read MoreSANTA BARBARA AUTOCAMP
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Vintage meets modern at this urban Airstream lodging experience tucked inside an old roadside trailer park that’s been operating continuously since 1922.
Read MoreTUTTLE CREEK ASHRAM: EASTERN SIERRA
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Located 7,600 feet high up in a glacier carved canyon in the Eastern Sierra, sits a 2,000 square-foot stone building built by a philosopher, his wife, and their followers over a twenty year period. Welcome to the Tuttle Creek Ashram.
Read MoreOUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL CHURCH: MONTECITO, CA
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- Category: Sacred/Spiritual
Popularly known as “the Little Church of the Fathers,” this 160-year-old parish is one of the most recognizable landmarks in Montecito, CA (sorry Oprah).
Read MoreLITTLE/BIG CALIENTE HOT SPRINGS: LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST
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Located 26 miles north of Santa Barbara, CA, Little Caliente & Big Caliente are two separate natural hot spring areas within the Los Padres National Forest.
Read MoreSAND CANYON: HIGHWAY 395
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Sand Canyon (AOCE) provides sanctuary to over 100 species of birds and is the site of an historic LADWP Aqueduct Camp & swimming hole.
Read MoreBOB BAKER MARIONETTE THEATER: BEHIND THE SCENES
The longest running puppet theater in the United States is holding on by a string but the curtain on this Los Angeles Historic-Cultural landmark has yet to close and continues to entertain audiences of all ages.
Read MoreTITUS CANYON: DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK
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Death Valley National Park’s most popular back-country road travels along 27 miles of high mountain peaks and a deep narrow gorge cut into the steep face of the Grapevine Mountains.
Read MoreARNE’S ROYAL HAWAIIAN MOTEL: ABANDONED
Opened in 1957 in Baker, CA, Arne’s Royal Hawaiian Motel had a great run until economic hardship following the Great Recession finally closed it down for good in 2009.
Read MoreABANDONED HOUSE SUNRISE: ROSAMOND, CA
Watching the sun come up from an abandoned house out in the Mojave Desert might not be everyone’s idea of a good time but I’m not like everyone else.
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