What's Down Zzyzx Road? Secret California, Explore It With Us!

[@bentonrp]

Zzyzx Road is named after Carl Zzyzx, the first person to eat a cat in space. Please, no corrections, since facts don't care about your feelings! Yay!!! 😁

[@tammymartinez7488]

?????

[@SurrealAdventure]

I have to correct you. He was the first person to CHOKE on a cat in space. Some say it was a hairball though.

[@bentonrp]

@@SurrealAdventure There's still a lot of controversy surrounding whether Carl Zzyzx was the first to consume, or merely choke, on one. Some say the "choking" controversy was just to drum up support for fellow astronaut, Ezra Zyphron, who was jealous of Carl and wanted to alphabetically be the last astronaut logged into the flight manifest. But, even though Zzyzx DID survive the trip, thus making the degrading of his legacy (by apparent choking) all the More demeaning, Ezra wasn't even on the same Shuttle mission as Carl Zzyzx! There's widespread and well-known video footage of him saying they were each in different programs, and only had a shared career timeframe period as astronauts of 4 months; During which time, NASA had no planned orbital missions. (We had already gone to the moon at this point.) But whatever theory you believe, it does well to keep an open mind about getting to the truth, and not letting passions stir you away from any of the hard evidence, as much of it is bound to continue to surface! It is as Oliver Wendell Holmes the II once said, "To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man." We must never let the chore of continual reassessment turn us one-sided and stubborn; When the effort is not ours to make, there is neither crime nor shame in pondering towards such moments with wonder, and uttering the common, yet simple words, "I just don't know."

[@SurrealAdventure]

@@bentonrp like a communist party summer camp, I consider myself “re-educated”. Thank you Comrad.

[@bentonrp]

@@SurrealAdventure Thanks for the fascinating video! 😀

[@Sagittarius-A-Star]

Thanks to the Internet and the KZbin algorithm one more mystery has been solved after 32 years.

[@BiGjavi]

Yup''''''

[@FlyingJournalism]

Hahahaa.. right .. the source of intelligence these days.. straight from a computer!🤙

[@linusp9316]

It's Bigfoot's summer home.

[@alexmadness19]

@@FlyingJournalism cheers to computers and technology.

[@jack-of-all-trades1234]

It leads you to the hidden boss fight.

[@jeremyhopwood5822]

It's amazing how much you can explore in just California alone!

[@SurrealAdventure]

There is lots of great stuff here!

[@applejack2911]

I know when I worked the railroad from Vegas to Yermo and Vegas to Utah, I saw some strange things out in the Desert at night. Strange lights and such

[@e-money5851]

Just stay away from the folks out there !!

[@1990758]

Exactly I'm so interested in highway 395 north.

[@wicked8139]

@@applejack2911 man that's baddass

[@sstolarik]

Thank you, guys. Imagine that. For a couple of years I lived just down the road in Apple Valley of Roy Rogers fame, and passed this sign a hundred times. Always wondered what was down there. Moved back East and never found out. You folks did a great job on the video, too. Don’t know if you’re into “filmmaking,” but you’re vid was really enjoyable, very professional.👍👍

[@SurrealAdventure]

Thank you. No, I'm really an amateur, but I've since learned to edit better, and upgraded to a mac/final cut. I think there has to be some inspiration behind a video, and I would like to think these make people "feel" a certain way when they watch them, at least that's my goal. I hope they feel the same way I did, when I was creating them. Thanks for watching, please give it a like and subscribe!

[@miriamappelbaum1310]

@@SurrealAdventure be

[@HoyaSaxaSD]

I know it’s mostly open desert between the two, and thus distance is relative, but I still chuckled at an almost 100 mile drive being described as “just down the road.“

[@gramirez72]

Into “filmmaking”…. ??? This is amateur for sure. At least he can admit it. Nothing artistic about this. It’s just a vlog with music slapped onto it and captions that you can barely read against the sunlit areas.

[@HoyaSaxaSD]

@@gramirez72 who pooped on your Pop Tart?

[@nameyourchannel2931]

I went down that road... found princess Zelda, 2 dragons and liquor store

[@kjkkoch1036]

Last 25 years I have always stopped here and smoked a bowl on way to Vegas. Always

[@SurrealAdventure]

I love it. I’ll have to do that someday!

[@kjkkoch1036]

A long time ago I was told this was the only road in America that was that was spelled with all consonants. (NEVER FACT CHECKED,LOL) That is why I always stop there, as a toast to individuality. Strange I know!! But it is what it is...

[@davej3781]

When presented with a road named Zzyzx, whilst possessing the requisite paraphernalia and consumables, that seems an entirely reasonable thing to do.

[@brandonhethcox5354]

I would like to someday stop in and check out this place.

[@Fred2681]

Wants to go to Vegas with you now..just sayin💨💨💨

[@zdgraphics5690]

I was named after that road due to how my parents thought it was cool. At one point I had the opportunity to visit the resort and was in awe to learn the real origin of the name and history. Can't wait to visit again.

[@SurrealAdventure]

That's really cool. Thanks for commenting!

[@undertheyarrowbear]

Bot.

[@bettyahlheitt8812]

bs

[@1990758]

That's nice so what exactly is down there.

[@1990758]

@Tom Jones lol

[@somesons5353]

Wife and I made a baby there,1981. On the way to vegas.

[@jerryeastman170]

What kind of shape was the place in at that time? I am very curious as to the history

[@SurrealAdventure]

There is more info available here: www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/zzyzx-revisiting-doc-springers-boulevard-of-dreams

[@Michael-fx9xr]

Tmi

[@ObeyyShadesz]

Gross lmao

[@lyndonethomas1237]

I was born in 81....Daddy?....

[@miguelzambrano2260]

Being a trucker I passed there everyday when I had a dedicated route from the Central Valley to Las Vegas. I didn’t pay much attention to it coming from Vegas, but going into Vegas.... I always looked forward to see it, since I knew my shift was almost over. Mexican truck drivers call this exit EL ABECEDARIO ( the alphabet ).

[@SurrealAdventure]

Thanks for sharing

[@schokey3513]

@@SurrealAdventure I once knew a woman who had named her female child "Abcd" (pronounced Abeced)..

[@garygerard4290]

Wow Miguel, I use to haul sack cement to Vegas then drywall back to the Antelope Valley. I remember always looking at that off ramp sign.

[@jrrtransport236]

Jaja it’s true I’m one of them call abecedario exit. Take care fellows

[@kirrus4781]

Yes, la salida "del abecedario" The exit of the "alphabet"

[@fabgirl09]

I find it so fascinating that people are always so intrigued about Zzyzx on their way to and from Vegas. I live in Baker so I know all the Mojave and Death Valley deserts. I also recommend taking KelBaker road all the way to Desert Springs, lots of unique stuff out there

[@SurrealAdventure]

Julia, thanks for the tip. I probably will next time I’m out there.

[@sunnyscott4876]

I am 70 years old. I can still remember driving to Vegas with my parents when I was a little girl and seeing that sign. We sailed past it in our big yellow Buick and it always remained a mystery. They were not the type to venture off the beaten path. Thanks for being brave and for the interesting video.

[@SurrealAdventure]

Your welcome. I wish I could have seen this place during it's heyday. There is a certain energy to this place that I missed being too young. Check out this photo: www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=ov9HuPsT&id=3DC85A8EF449993CC01AD2FE837DF2DB09F3617B&thid=OIP.ov9HuPsTxw17suUsKD83lQHaE5&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.kcet.org%2fsites%2fkl%2ffiles%2fatoms%2farticle_atoms%2fwww.kcet.org%2farts%2fartbound%2fimages%2fZzyzx_Mineral_Springs_pools_CSU_Desert_Studies_Center_Mojave_Desert.jpg&exph=384&expw=580&q=zzyzx+road+pool&simid=607990906067094934&ck=1748B4100179882CC50A5D021ABC1807&selectedIndex=2&ajaxhist=0

[@cfmechanic]

@@SurrealAdventure I'm with u If i had time machine i would go back. Its amazing he made all that for the gov to swoop it out from under him. But iij am sure there are truths to the stories unknown

[@SurrealAdventure]

I have a couple of his original broadcast recordings. If your interested, I can send you a link?

[@savedgez]

@@SurrealAdventure I'm interested

[@1990758]

Damn 70 years ago How many lanes were there back then. What was that state line 70 years ago

[@JL-cu8rh]

wow... always wondered where this road's name came from whenever I saw it on my way to Vegas. He must have found some gold since it would have taken a fortune to build in middle of nowhere. If you exit on this road at night, you will see beautiful sky full of stars.

[@joeschmidl3837]

Dude that founded it was a preacher and hustled "herbal remedies".Plus, back then you could homestead for free on BLM land..

[@savannahsmiles1797]

@@joeschmidl3837 today they hustle CBD so what is the difference?

[@haoleharold6556]

@@savannahsmiles1797 one actually works lol

[@clucknorriz6683]

In 1985 I was 22 I was on the way to San Diego I had a girl I was dating told me to pull over on on Zzzyzx Road because it was the last road alphabetically and wanted to do it on that road it was 9 a night so why not!

[@SurrealAdventure]

Sounds like an awesome memory!

[@diannehortonpong1388]

My husband and I drove down this road twice, once in daylight in 1996 and again at night two years later in 1998. The second time we got out by our SUV, watched the stars in the nighttime sky and it was soooo quiet you could hear the sky humming.... Very peaceful....

[@vincestar5537]

I love stories like that I love the desert I would rather go to the desert than anywhere else and I'm 25 minutes away from Sequoia Park National monument don't get me wrong it's a gorgeous place to go visit and I would want everyone to go see it but I would much rather be in the desert I love it

[@davep9266]

Could you see the light from the Luxor that far out??

[@victorcastro9440]

You guy did more than that

[@edgein3299]

The hum was the UFO that abducted you. But you don't remember.

[@alexandergarrett5987]

It was the hummer he was getting

[@davidthelander1299]

I love this place. I used to always stop here on my way from L.A. to Salt Lake City driving my 18 wheeler. Would sleep here and frequently hike up in the hills overlooking this place. Would usually see coyotes and wild sheep. Would walk through all the structures and imagine what the place was like in the past. I’m quite an elderly man and my boss and children would always worry I would get snake bit or break a leg when hiking around alone, but I always did and never had a bad experience.

[@SurrealAdventure]

Thanks for sharing, David.

[@4everu984]

Great share, thank you sir! 🥰

[@brucebakir6218]

Hope ur well and still hiking David

[@BegoneJonah]

An elderly man with a spirit of adventure. Love it!

[@gottasay4766]

You made good use of your traveling time and explored amazing places. I would do the same.

[@DecayWithUs]

Super interesting, I've always wondered what was down that road during road trips. I thought it was some kind of private road, so I never took the exit.

[@SurrealAdventure]

Thanks for watching, and good luck with your channel. The whole place is maintained by the CSU Desert Studies Center, so it's a campus of sorts.

[@gregwebster8784]

I've driven by this thousands of times, and never really knew what it was.

[@msohsosolo]

Same here!

[@lawrencerasmus]

Me too

[@eddyvideostar]

To Greg: Make sure your car doesn't break down on you. Flatulence will engulf your soul.

[@eddyvideostar]

Dear Greg Webster: Why were you driving though so frequently? Where were you going or doing?

[@eddyvideostar]

​@@msohsosolo: Why were you driving though so frequently? Where were you going or doing?

[@mistreme8341]

I love these little forgotten places in the Mojave and Anza Borrego deserts! Always hidden gems.

[@SurrealAdventure]

Thank you! Please subscribe for more!

[@frozenauna8733]

Yes! We did a hike back there. I think it was called Painted Canyon. Amazing! And driving through to AZ with those mountains that look like they were turned on their sides. Just fascinating!

[@socaljimmyd]

I’ve driven past that road hundreds of times! When we used to be headed into Vegas is was kind of a sign that we were getting close. Never stopped and always wondered about the name of the road out in the middle of nowhere. Thank you for the tour.

[@SurrealAdventure]

Thank you for watching! Please give the video a like, and subscribe! I'm out of commission for a few months, was in a bad accident, broken bones, wrecked shoulder and physical therapy, but the videos will start again soon!

[@socaljimmyd]

Sorry to hear about your accident, I’m laid up at the moment as well. Had a work accident on the tablesaw and almost lost two fingers back in November. Surgery went well and I had an amazing Dr! He was able to save my fingers and they are still attached! Two pins in my left index finger and lots of stitches! Just finished my PT and will hopefully be back to work next week! It’s been a long 4 months. I have partial use of my index finger but I’m happy with that considering is was severed and hanging on by just some skin! Heal up soon

[@johnrambo5436]

One of my co-workers mentioned that he and his friend drove down this road several years back. He had passed it many times going to Vegas but decided on a whim to exit and see what lay beyond the sign. He said that he saw some guys digging in the dirt. They turned right around after that LOL.

[@peanuts1173]

Don't blame them for turning around looks like a place to bury a body🤔😂

[@najadahe2828]

I think he was planting a tree...

[@trillinflossin412]

I cant imagine being such a sheltered city person that seeing people digging in the dirt scares you....OMG they are DIGGING rUn FoR tEh HiLlS!

[@applejack2911]

Bet all that area is creepy as F at night

[@THEBULK1023]

probably just digging old valuable glass bottles ,

[@robertwright4344]

I got a picture of me in 1978. I was 4 years old. I stood in front of the sign with my arms up like what the hell does that say🤣😂🤣pretty cool seeing this video

[@corvettefever360]

Head! Huh huh huh! Head!

[@nutcase1]

@Richard Head neither did you

[@SurrealAdventure]

I would love to see that. I bet it's one of the signs in the KCET article? www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/zzyzx-revisiting-doc-springers-boulevard-of-dreams

[@Rune789]

First time I ever saw Zzyzx I was instantly taken with the name. My kids are lucky I didn’t see it before they were born 😉

[@50buttfish]

YEAHHHHHHH, no vowels.

[@TheInfamousTyrell]

The humans: ha, goats. That's something you dont see everyday. The Goats: ha, humans. That's something you dont see everyday

[@chainherup6154]

Lmaoo

[@oughtssought1198]

the Goats: they're hiding in that metal box. obviously afraid of us.

[@raichielleliddell5550]

LOL

[@fast03vette4me]

I yawn and feel sleepy every time I drive by this road. Like I need a nap or something.

[@RW-pc5ih]

Les Rosin 😁😁

[@Brujadel89]

It’s haunted

[@BlueGoat682]

Les... It sounds like you need just a few more ZZZZZ's :-)

[@pattihainline1573]

@@BlueGoat682 it's cool you can just add tgem to tge nane! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@moniqueh7993]

U just made me yawn 🥱 lol

[@nathanielmurray2131]

When I was a child, doing something my Dad saw me doing and knew, I knew nothing about, he would say, “Hey Zeezix whatcha up to”? Now I know where that name came from and why he would ask me when I’m not doin it right. Irony.

[@scotoftheanarchic.7903]

Hopefully there's a couple of vowels down there somewhere.

[@gringa978]

Top comment 🥇

[@jamesbckmstro3]

Well there is the 'sometimes Y' rule

[@randyg666]

Ok you get the award 👏🤣😂

[@williamwingo4740]

@@jamesbckmstro3 Sometimes 'w' too, as in "cwm."

[@moedollas4194]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@luthiermatt]

I was part of a Geology field class that stayed there several days in the spring of 1983. We were in that valley for a week studying the amazing Geology in the area and this provided an excellent base camp. Looks about the same as it did nearly 30 years ago. Apparently there is a large bull dozer that sunk into the playa to the north. It got stuck and could not be recovered. Springer had used a mining patent to occupy the property. If you hold a patent, it's required to spend a certain amount on mining and complete mineral assays every year. When he stopped completing the annual requirements, the BLM seized the patent. It's pretty clear that Springer's mining effort was purely ceremonial. There were thousands of patents developed using the same ruse all over the Mojave. The BLM has since cleared many of them out. This same loophole is currently being used for occupied properties in the national forest in Boulder County CO. Folks have built some fairly high end places on these mining patents.

[@shashabey]

This is great info!! Thanks!!🥰🤩🤩🤩

[@linusp9316]

Very cool, thanks. Geology is an amazing subject

[@matthewg4956]

Yup $17 a year. My father had multiple claims, turquoise, opel, & agate mines. Drove out to them twice a month in order to get the $100 a month assessment you needed to spend in order to keep them. Until Coors funded the Bureau of Land Management; in I believe 1973, to ban all motorized vehicles to pass across the land we needed to in order to get to our mines. I don’t drink Coors to this day cuz of it. At the time I was upset about it to the point that my father and I went to the Bureau of Land Management meetings to try and stop the restrictions, to the point of writing a school report about the issue. Knowing what I know today, I’m happy that they did restrict motorized travel. That was a time that people started creating rail buggies out of VW motors and not respecting the already established roads. Been a bit since I discussed this! My two cents.

[@barbmack7098]

Same here -- a week-end geology field trip in the mid1990s' -- it was "trippy!!" I was surprised to see the disrepair that the place is in today -- I think that the CSU system still owns the place and still for field trips.

[@prodbydramatic]

@@matthewg4956 id like to hear more of it. best way to get ahead is to know the past I'm 33

[@greg1030]

What is it about those particular kinds of palm trees right at that spot and in other places in far southern CA that draw me like a magnet? If only those mesmerizing desert landscapes were more hospitable, but then in no time they'd overpopulated and paved over like most everywhere else. Can't win.

[@VelmaJinkys]

Those palm trees mesmerize me too

[@SurrealAdventure]

There is a small oasis of palm trees living in the middle of Borrego Springs that you may be interested in: www.hikespeak.com/trails/borrego-palms-canyon-trail-anza-borrego-desert/

[@VelmaJinkys]

@@SurrealAdventure yea amazing how they are just growing there huh? Wow. Ty for sharing

[@greg1030]

@@SurrealAdventure Yes, the Borrego Palm Canyon Park. I’ve never been there; never been anywhere out west yet except Denver when I was 13, and thereby hangs a tale. I lived there for 13 months at an asthmatic research hospital back in the mid 60s, sadly just months before the instant relief inhaler spray was made widely available, albeit still by prescription. I lived in a dorm with 23 other boys. Early one summer night they took us on a rare outing; to an arcade where they had those big tables with model racing cars. But before that they took us to see Roger Corman’s “Wild Angels” (1966), that biker movie; Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern, et al. The film won praise for its realistic portrayals of biker clubs like the Hells Angels. Being a kid back then I remember feeling the weight of what I saw and heard. Most of it was harsh and scary-but very exciting, especially the southwestern landscapes. Then came the scene where enough of the gang had bike troubles forcing them to head for Mecca, CA, where they previously had “acquired” some commercial space for use as their repair shop. So they all blew into town there, scaring the pants off this one motorist while stopping at an intersection. But as they were moving you can see these tall and wide palms further out from the shoulders. Then after “persuading” some squatters to exit their repair shop, they had a big blast that night down in the canyon. You can see them down there riding among the palms. But note earlier that row of palms along that one long street. I think that’s Prince Street, where there is or was a huge continuous role of palms. Enjoy here what now, thanks mostly to over immigration, is probably just a memory. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4TIgIuOf7CtmdU

[@VINTAGE1959]

I've always wondered where that road led to. I pass it all the time. Now I'll have to check it out for myself. I love your choice for background ambient music. Great video, thank you.

[@bodarville7860]

I used to run loads back and forth between Los Angeles and Denver. That sign was definitely a landmark when coming back into Southern California.

[@PUNKMYVIDEO]

Follow the Zzyzx brick road

[@tmcc9867]

Looks like someone creating a password that has no imagination😀😂🧠

[@NiteStorm324]

I see that name everytime I go from CALIFORNIA to Nevada

[@acctadmin4073]

@@fayemarshall2254 was that English?

[@illhaveanother4365]

@@acctadmin4073 Russian

[@lindaseel8633]

@NiteStorm, there is a Zzyzx road just outside of Las Vegas. It dead ends at the hill and I believe that one may be a native burial ground. Always got creepy feelings just as we passed it.

[@johnny6610]

This was named after the bodybuilder Zyzz

[@SurrealAdventure]

More great info about this place is available here, if interested:www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/zzyzx-revisiting-doc-springers-boulevard-of-dreams

[@portuguesehydrangea4818]

Zzyzx....sounds like a word from Dr. Seuss books. A zzyzx here and zzyzx there...😜

[@chrisbruggers8076]

Yes!... "I see Zzyzx everywhere!"

[@mynameisdub6232]

Or a Pokemon

[@Dog.soldier1950]

No longer allowed

[@Grassman6900]

You can't say Dr.Seuss anymore. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@linusp9316]

@@Dog.soldier1950 incorrect :o)

[@lindadoyle525]

10 years ago no one would give this place a second thought...now it speaks of peace and quiet we wish we had in our communities.

[@linusp9316]

Other than the several decades that people inhabited it, you mean? ;)

[@HeadNtheClouds]

Lack of upkeep & crumbling decay?

[@joelspringman7748]

(Singing) I wish, I wish, I wish I could be a Zzyxx... (Apology to Mr. Limpet.)

[@joelspringman7748]

@@HeadNtheClouds Like the Rust Belt?

[@f87115]

You can have this quiet in your community , it’s called don’t live in a community ,, the woods are peaceful

[@isplitlanes2145]

I was driving to law Vegas up the 15 North last week and saw this road and wondered what it was and told myself I would research it. I forgot and hadn’t looked it up at all and all of a sudden I’m recommended this video. What a trip but I’m glad I was recommended this and watched cause now my curiosity has been filled thank you

[@SurrealAdventure]

Your welcome! Please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat content!

[@jaymeese7714]

never looked but i saw that road many times over the years heading to vegas. vegas awaited so i never looked!

[@dontneedtoknow5836]

Saw it The one time I had to pick up in California. Didn't even know how to say it still don't. Said I'd find out one day when Cali got away from communistic tyranny. Guess before then.

[@2pacpac500]

But yet, you still saw it😆

[@matthewpoplawski8740]

While it was an interesting video, I have one question: How do you pronounce ZZ

[@linusp9316]

@@dontneedtoknow5836 haha.. seriously though, if you think CA is a communist dictatorship, you need help that even the good Dr. Springer couldn't have provided. The desert does strange things to some people ;)

[@RegularInvader]

It was mandatory for my ecology-based Biology class to attend an overnight stay in Zzyxz. I never expected the trip to fulfill my wish to see a wild tarantula.

[@leilal8053]

Better you than me!😲😬

[@Daniel-yd8jg]

Really

[@RegularInvader]

@@Daniel-yd8jg The purpose of the trip was to study desert ecosystems. All my classmates needed to observe the environment in order to answer our worksheet questions.

[@daveclark7983]

We did the same when I attended classes at Long Beach City... we stayed a weekend and hiked and enjoyed outdoor classes on nature studies.

[@haroldhatley4275]

I spent a weekend there with my Dessert Ecology class in 1982. Most fun class i’ve ever taken. Thank you Mick Bondello and Hancock College.

[@Globovoyeur]

Shucks -- I was hoping it would turn out to be the home of Zeke Zzzypt. (There really was an entry with that name in the Chicago phone book at one time. I'm sure it was fictional, though -- stemming from a contest to see who could claim the last entry.)

[@jameshepburn4631]

In Chicago, if Zeke is fictional, I'm sure he's voting at least twice.

[@adamdavis7663]

10 years ago, I lived in Tehachapi for almost a year while I was helping build a windfarm. I remember seeing this exit sign many times as I drove around exploring the area. I always wondered about that name. So cool finally understanding the history of that area. Now a have to get back out and see SoCal again. I miss it out there!

[@joeschmidl3837]

Stop lying, 4 hour drive from Tehachapi to this exit

[@adamdavis7663]

Okay keyboard warrior!!! You talk big for someone who can talk big without having to worry about getting a punch in the mouth!! I come from a generation that doesn't take getting called a liar lightly!! I drive all over Socal when I lived out there!! So shut your damn mouth dumbass!!!

[@Species5008]

Take the retard driver with you

[@halu9997]

Idk how this got in my recommendations. But I go vegas all the time. So have to chk it out. Loll

[@RandomStuff-dr7rl]

Just when I thought watching about the Lilac Bridge was enough, this comes up on my recommended.

[@0diepus]

40 yrs of seeing that sign. mystery finnally solved. gonna take my kids there if i ever go back to cali.

[@barryjohnson409]

I was always fascinated with that exit.

[@parksusan1288]

Me too!

[@summerstorms1289]

Me too! I love road trips and always wondered where that exit took you.

[@manofthematchbox8422]

@@summerstorms1289 why you never drove this road ?

[@megalorain]

@@manofthematchbox8422 usually people are going someplace and don't have time

[@manofthematchbox8422]

@@megalorain okay, if you mean

[@judyrao1]

Always wondered where old Zzyzx went! Nice video.

[@SurrealAdventure]

Thanks for watching! Please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!

[@Porsche996driver]

They never renamed that road? Even when I was a kid in the ‘70s the ZZYZX road signs always got stolen. California’s Gold! RIP Huell. 💙

[@georgeespino3929]

I thought I was the only one who watched Huell Housers tv show, LOL.

[@SurrealAdventure]

I loved that episode. I wish he were still around!

[@georgeespino3929]

I used to watch huell’s California Gold, on channel 22 KCET of Orange County

[@The1Mustache3]

Good ol huell

[@SearchIndex]

love Huell

[@chrisbruggers8076]

This is great. I drove by the Zzyzx Road sign many years ago and chuckled at the name, and certainly wondered what was down there but didn't care enough to turn around... now I know, thanks.

[@petermortensen2405]

I spent a few hours sleeping and snoring in my car at the side of this Zzyzx road a Sunday night going home to California from Las Vegas. Thus this road should be called just Zzzz...

[@wilfredsemaia5190]

That’s always my “Z” playing the alphabet game on the way to Vegas.

[@Wrath6909]

Lmao! I used to do this too as a kid lol

[@WhoaNellieRVAdventures]

We've driven past the sign many times and wondered what the name meant and what was down the road. We never checked, so seeing this video is enlightening. Thanks.

[@tameracz]

What was usually down Zzyzx Road was me, pulled over to, or from Vegas. Taking a leak 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@robertcarly9183]

I never knew this existed, I just thought Zzyzx Rd was a road to nowhere. Those buildings could be rehabilitated and a resort made there.

[@glidden67]

Driven past this exit countless times, thanks for the insight.

[@eddyvideostar]

Tim G. Why were you driving though so frequently? Where were you going or doing?

[@glidden67]

@@eddyvideostar Running drugs.

[@uptopswag8446]

That would have been so funny if when he hit that lights switch the floor turned into an elevator,like In the Movie SPIES LIKE US!

[@jamesshriver4822]

I used to camp out there with Alan Romspert who contributed greatly to The Herbarium at the CSUF Desert Studies Consortium that is mentioned in the video and one of my mentors from college Dr. Allan Schoenherr....man those were some good days. ‘ROMS’ (as he was known by his friends) unfortunately passed from cancer in 2009. May we meet again. -JIm

[@sherilynlum-alarcon5007]

So is it still a research lab?

[@scottwhite6266]

RIP Alan Romspert.

[@lamegoldfish6736]

These 'places that time forgot' are always fascinating. 😃

[@IAmAlmightyGod]

Area 54, where the government keeps the Roswell UFO hidden in plain sight

[@cambrian7119]

The .music couldn't be more maudlin. Like being in a funerals. Precession

[@SurrealAdventure]

Different strokes for different folks, Thanks for watching!

[@BoulderCreekSteve]

What’s “precession”?

[@cambrian7119]

@@BoulderCreekSteve Sorry. It's a typo. I meant procession. Geezer with none nimble fingers.

[@mistreme8341]

It’s ‘surreal’! 😝

[@joedoe2290]

Music not annoying than God, I expect a slasher jump out lol

[@pedrobetancourt]

Wow I have passed this place so many times wondering where do it goes. Wow thank you for the upload

[@nanasloves]

It’s absolutely for people playing the alphabet sign game.

[@SurrealAdventure]

More great info about this palce is available here, if interested: www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/zzyzx-revisiting-doc-springers-boulevard-of-dreams

[@mattpastell3728]

When I was 10 in 1965, I met Mr Springer there at Zxyzx Springs. I remember him telling us that when he first arrived there were a few descendants of Beale’s camels still around.

[@c7adventures376]

Like General Beal,????

[@illhaveanother4365]

Like Jerry?

[@linnymaemullins3319]

Cool

[@linusp9316]

I think he was pulling your leg a little. That's almost 80 years and hundreds of miles from the last sightings.. If not, he should've taken a picture!

[@miriamappelbaum1310]

Wow! We used to go out to Apple Valley, to visit friends that moved out there; but my dad wouldn't have let us explore elsewhere, because we had to get back home to tend to our farm.

[@oakraidergrl4lif]

Passed by this road many times going to Vegas. It has this shroud of mystery to it til this day. All I got to ask is anybody willing to explore it at night Ghost Adventures style? 👻👽😬😱😳

[@turdfurgeson517]

Check 9:15 on the video

[@roldiniamadeo7163]

@@turdfurgeson517 whats special about 9:15?

[@turdfurgeson517]

@@roldiniamadeo7163 they catch something in the doorway that moves away real fast. Then they approach the rooms as if nobody is there. Just odd

[@ObeyyShadesz]

I’m down!!!! Let’s do this!

[@oakraidergrl4lif]

@@turdfurgeson517 😳

[@rockskipper5353]

It was named that so u can finally finish the ABC game wile driving by

[@nnt.473]

Creepy. Imagine this place at night 😬😱

[@linusp9316]

@Shelley Lloyd Deep in the heart of Zzyzx

[@tioniathornton7508]

I see Zzyzx all the time going to Vegas..The sign is on the side of the mountain on the Freeway.. It is in the middle of nowhere.. Wow amazing..

[@asiasmaster]

Working for Caltrans Maintenance i remove several illegal stickers from that sign.

[@alexpantoja2042]

Wonder if A, B and or C was ever invited.

[@SurrealAdventure]

More info about this place is available here if interested: www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/zzyzx-revisiting-doc-springers-boulevard-of-dreams

[@atsf1920]

Thanks for posting this! All the times I've driven by the exit on I-15, I had no idea any of this was back here, and no idea how bizarre its founder was. (And, I've never found out whether "Zzyzx" is supposed to rhyme with "Isaac's" or with "physics.")

[@Rune789]

🤗 physics

[@atsf1920]

Thank you!

[@Rune789]

@@atsf1920 funny, I’d never even thought of Isaac’s… you’re more of a thinker than I 😅

[@fantasyEXX]

I've heard Curtis Springer (?) on audio pronounce it as rhymes with Isaac's. Everyone in SoCal calls it Ziz-x but they're all wrong

[@jameshepburn4631]

The late Huell Howser's PBS TV series "California's Gold" had a show on Zzyzx resort and Springer. It was pronounced to rhyme with Isaac's by Huell and several docents. Having driven L.A.. to Las Vegas past Zzyzx Road many times I always thought it rhymed with physics myself, but I guess I was wrong.

[@elgrande1424]

The Hills Will Always Have Eyes👿

[@nickhill8612]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@stocktonpigwatch2284]

@@nickhill8612 The hills have Thighs ..oops wrong movie

[@Law-Enduring-Citizen]

Used to stop and walk around several times. I looked it up first time I saw it lol

[@noremorse6898]

When I was a kid growing up in an LA suburb in the 1960's, I used to hear Curtis Springer's radio broadcast. He was a radio preacher who filed a mining claim, but instead of mining built Zzyzx Mineral Springs as a health resort. He was always peddling some kind of herbal health concoction that he referred to as "My delicious Manna". He was quite a character and eventually got 60 days in jail for making false medical claims about his products and ultimately was evicted by the Bureau of Land Management because he was selling home sites on land that he didn't own.

[@SurrealAdventure]

I actually have a box of his “antideluvian tea”. I’ve bid on a couple of eBay listings for “Manna” too, but people want a premium for This stuff. I have a couple of his radio broadcasts that were kept By one of the sherrifs that removed him.

[@dianamaida4172]

I watched the special on PBS on California Golden Parks with Huell Howser it gives a complete history of Zzyzx. (Soda Springs)San Bernardino County.

[@SurrealAdventure]

@@dianamaida4172 I saw that too. I loved that guy. I'm so sad he's gone.

[@dianamaida4172]

@@SurrealAdventure I know I really miss Huell I enjoyed all his shows and all the interesting places that he would go. I learned alot from him about little hole in the wall towns and all the events that they have and just learning about the history. I am a native Californian and I love all the history of the state. Does the University still run the property? Or is it abandoned now?

[@SurrealAdventure]

@@dianamaida4172 It's part of the Cal state system: www.fullerton.edu/dsc/

[@givennorton]

In my day it was underground raves that were on zzyzx. Getting a flyer for one at school was like getting the golden ticket

[@brittanybriana6202]

No way? Is this real

[@pilgrim666butters]

@@brittanybriana6202 yes tons of parties in the desert

[@FATHERSOFBASS]

No other place like cali

[@eb6195]

A great example of what we leave behind as individuals. Within a 100 years nothing. Cherish relationships with family and friends, they are all we really have that has value. Money, prestige, material things all disappear like smoke blown away by the wind.

[@FRLN500]

Maybe you will leave nothing behind but I will leave a dynasty. I have 5 children, 16 grandchildren, and one great grandchild so far. My genes will go on for quite some time. Maybe until the end of mankind.

[@johnlafever3162]

The saying is like dust in the wind! Kansas recorded in 1977 A meditation on mortality and the inevitability of death, the lyrical theme bears a striking resemblance to the well-known biblical passages Genesis 3:19 ("...for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.") and Ecclesiastes 3:20 ("All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return.") as well as to the famous opening lines of the Japanese war epic The Tale of the Heike ("...the mighty fall at last, and they are as dust before the wind.") and from a book of Native American poetry, which includes the line "for all we are is dust in the wind."

[@johnlafever3162]

Smoke is on the water! Deep Purple 1971 a true story about the Montreux Casino in Switzerland burning down the night before they were set to record there!

[@tytraulich4987]

Found the stoic

[@mikelouis9389]

Unless your an Egyptian.

[@keithfreeman4015]

I’d drive past this every month on my way to China Lake. Never went down it. Now live in Idaho.

[@jameswitt2981]

My old man was born and raised in Randsburg... just south of China Lake.

[@Hogger280]

Can't hear your voice over the sound effects/music.

[@heretwoexpose4255]

I just recently moved off that road, let me tell yall creeeeepy... 🤔I always wondered y I never met my neighbors tho.🤔

[@leannwilliams7490]

Why did you leave out there?

[@heretwoexpose4255]

It was a joke my guys.

[@Daniel-yd8jg]

Wat

[@CultofThings]

We know you're unhappy with your move and we're currently working on it.

[@takcleberry]

@@leannwilliams7490 one word: taxes

[@richardkey4289]

Hey, that's the name of the family at the end of the phone book

[@toabove2]

If you go there at night it could be another kind of story 😆🫣

[@aylmer666]

We pulled off and filmed a short scene in the movie “Malevolence” there in 2003 on our way from Vegas to LA. Beautiful desert landscapes, handy to the highway, and remote enough to not get hassled by gawkers.

[@BrodiBarringer]

And no permits!

[@thaiedition]

Who is taking care the pool? The water is so clear and clean.

[@shrugrug7172]

Hill people!

[@jmc25thst]

I was thinking the same thing 🤔

[@SurrealAdventure]

Pretty sure someone just filled it. The people at the school keep it maintained.

[@timetraveler2518]

Former Time-tunnel laboratory staff maintains the place.

[@glendaduartelugo1738]

Really? Who is caring for the pool?

[@geraldpope3779]

Very cool. I've stared at that off-ramp countless times (making the annual drive to Vegas for NFL opening weekend), but I've never ventured off. Figured there was something to see but I should've known better. I absolutely love the Mojave Desert for it's ghost towns and "old west" relics.

[@SurrealAdventure]

Excellent. Perhaps you would enjoy this video I did on Ballarat Ghost Town: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3eydXWOf9pmi9U

[@bradforester3635]

Trip out! I love exploring old places. It’s so weird to me that there’s all of these massive buildings resorts etc. just abandon in the middle of nowhere. super interesting 🤔

[@SurrealAdventure]

I didn't show too much of it, but the place is still in use by the Desert Studies Center. I showed mostly the abandoned portion.

[@bradforester3635]

@@SurrealAdventure i see.. still cool 😎

[@curbozerboomer1773]

I enjoy being there via camera!...but I would worry about such things as snakes, tarantulas, etc. I would not even want to walk around such a place, fearing to get bitten by something!

[@bradforester3635]

@@curbozerboomer1773 snakes 🐍 and tarantulas are super friendly. You be ok 👌

[@stpaulimdog]

They had a belief 100 years ago that desert spring areas were good for your health. They are partially right. Thin desert air does help with lung issues.

[@asiasmaster]

There's Staff there, and how deep is the lake. were does the water come from

[@SurrealAdventure]

There is a natural spring. The lake doesn't look that deep. Probably a few feet.

[@darlenedunlap7650]

Is this the river cherbar were the ducks my Cherub river

[@_KeneYah]

I used to always pass the Zzyzx exit as a truck driver leaving Cali entering Nevada and always wondered what was down that exit

[@dgronzega8073]

Always wondered, never explored. Didn't want to be its next victim?

[@rx7dude2006]

Ive been by there a few times!Love the name always catches my attention.

[@darlenedunlap7650]

What fucking land is this after the flood plates sifted wtf

[@SurrealAdventure]

One of my favorite videos, a beautiful and eerie place with lots of history.

[@HiThere-jd5ir]

Surreal Adventure I have always been curious about that road. I'm from Las Vegas

[@douglasbair5647]

Here in southern Utah near St George, there is an area designated as the “ lambing grounds”, as I have explored some of the Jeep trails, I’ve seen sheep on the hillsides. If you drive west through the Gorge early mornings, you sometimes will see sheep on the side of the freeway, making their way to the river. It’s a fun experience to see them!

[@ekdaman13]

Those annoying 2 notes you have playing in the background make it hard to watch. Had to turn the sound off

[@robertowens9979]

Government shut him down because it was probably healing people and they want you sick so you can rely on big pharmakia

[@sarahshon7035]

I always wondered why it was called zzyzx lol

[@jbenz1990]

It’s on the way to vegas I laugh everytime I see it lol

[@popatop75]

Fulton says Zzyzx got its name from Dr. Curtis Springer, a radio preacher who always insisted on having the last word -- Springer claimed "Zzyzx" would be the last word in the English language. In 1944, he established the Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Health Spa.Oct 27, 2017

[@valmendra6619]

I was just there over the holiday weekend and it was quite the experience. My kids were scared at first since it's so remote but loved it at the end.

[@SurrealAdventure]

Veronica Almendra glad you enjoyed, it’s quite beautiful!

[@veezyloco3759]

You brought back spirts with you guys...

[@johannarovere7177]

Lived in Baker and never knew what was up there. Hmmmmm

[@samsondelilah1643]

Hundreds of people disappeared mysteriously and found wandering in LA. skid row not knowing who they are...check the record in La.to probe.

[@nutcase1]

@@samsondelilah1643 please tell more

[@josianelessard]

Its a place for research and stuff. I used to ride there all the time haha

[@BiGjavi]

Hey Josiane; your cuteヽ((◎д◎))ゝ

[@dxpotv8327]

I took this exit to relieve myself plenty of times...

[@rogertemple7193]

"So these are the trespassers on Mr. Springer's land."-👽🛸🌐🌎🌍🌏🌐..

[@capicolaspicy]

Excellent video, drove past that road I don't know how many times during the 33 years I lived in Long Beach California. Probably came within moments of turning off that exit so many times, but there was always something that couldn't wait and I figured I'd get back there. Left California nine years ago, and now my personal mystery has been solved LOL. Thanks for posting this!

[@SurrealAdventure]

I also live in Long Beach. Be glad you left, it's getting much worse.

[@bahamutstear1369]

Pronounce it I dare you

[@SurrealAdventure]

Actually pronounced "Zie-Zex". Thanks for watching, please give the video a like and subscribe for more offbeat stuff!