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All the United States California Blythe

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Blythe

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Blythe, California

Updated July 25, 2023

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Blythe, California

Blythe Intaglios

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.
Mojave Shoe Station

Blythe, California

Mojave Shoe Station

A collection of old shoes in the middle of nowhere.
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Ehrenberg Pioneer Cemetery.

Ehrenberg, Arizona

Ehrenberg Pioneer Cemetery

The stone-covered graves lie within the ruins of an Old West ghost town.
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Quartzsite’s camel sculpture.

Quartzsite, Arizona

The Red Ghost of Quartzsite

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.
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Hi Jolly Monument

Quartzsite, Arizona

Hi Jolly Monument

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.
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Very hot books in a very hot shop.

Quartzsite, Arizona

Reader's Oasis Books

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.
22 miles from Blythe
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9 Surprisingly Ancient Marvels in Modern California

Long before California was home to tech campuses, freeways, and palm trees, Native inhabitants etched huge designs into the landscape. Even before that, at roughly the same time that the Pyramids of Giza were under construction, a tree that still survives today began taking root. And even farther into the past, glaciers and mammoths created enduring monuments to antiquity. Across the state, the distant past is still within easy reach.

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The Blythe Intaglios are as mysterious as they are massive.

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