What's Inside the Desert View Tower of Southern California?

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This mysterious roadside attraction offers panoramic views of the surrounding desert and houses some unique artwork.
Written and Produced by: Bethany Guerrero
Cinematography and Visual Effects by: C. Drew Unser
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[@SantosChronicles]

Your youtube strategy of going to unique places without much competition on KZbin is brilliant. Plus you guys do it so well. Storytelling is the strong suit of your channel. Roadside attractions are the best.

[@susan7775]

We visited the tower a few times when I was a child in the fifties and sixties. We moved to Seattle at the end of 1964. This past May I went with my sister and BIL to San Diego. We didn’t make it to the tower, but I took them to see the house our aunt lived in at Sunset Cliffs. Turns out, the house is a local historical house. My siblings, cousins, and I spent many happy hours there. It has always been my favorite house and I remember every part of it. I guess it also doesn’t hurt that I loved our aunt very much. It’s designated as Elizabeth Mills Spec House #1

[@jedizelfknight]

It looks like a lighthouse in the middle of the desert lol. A lighthouse also has different floors when you go up the tower as well

[@richardhoover4471]

Another fascinating spot guided by favorite dynamic duo!

[@rebeccajustine2370]

Hey how are you? I liked your comment!!

[@electricboatal]

I have been to the tower many times and it is still someplace that I want to show to others. My first visit was in 1956, I was three years old. I absolutely loved the place. I recently took my lovely bride to the tower maybe two years ago and I had a nice time talking to the current owner. He tried to sell it to me but it would be difficult to manage it from Virginia. I declined the offer. Thanks for bring back one f my favorite childhood destinations.

[@peggycarlyle6409]

What a fun trip! Thanks for sharing it!❤

[@howardb.6205]

good production!

[@lifewithjosef]

0:37 I rode this last year, and, what a bumpy road! It was all closed, so I love your visit.

[@stevemoravec2555]

Excellent and unique too: A vertical garage sale with a view. Thanks so much!😂

[@wolfsmith2865]

I stopped there in the late 70s on a family trip. Then it was an antique shop. You know you're in a good place when you see an E. Clampus Vitus sign posted.

[@rkeesee916]

Another great video! Just a short drive from San Diego, who knew?

[@perceivedvelocity9914]

I need to binge watch a bunch of your videos before my next trip to California. My family who lives there never goes to interesting places like this.

[@blockisle9]

Very Well Done as Always!!!! Thank you

[@BeyondTheCompass817]

*_You never cease to amaze me when it comes to finding these crazy places! As always, very well done!_*

[@OddityOdysseys]

Hope you've been well, our friend!

[@brillblonde6705]

Great music and effects. Enjoyed!

[@mikeholmes5824]

Thanks for showing me what I missed a few years ago. I made it to the parking lot and decided not to go in. I did notice the space ship, however, and all the trailers on the road going up the hill.

[@Wolfspirit50]

Awesome! This is really, really cool. Thank You Beth & Drew!!

[@OddityOdysseys]

Glad you enjoyed, our friend!

[@cyberhard]

Very cool spot! I'll have to add it to my CA points of interest. Thanks for sharing!

[@jonathanlapham2374]

You guys never disappoint. That is a really cool place. Imaging making that trip in the 1920s and stopping there at the tower, wow!

[@huskynoob7881]

Nice find.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

What a lovely lookout!

[@davidhorizon8401]

You guys always make it so interesting. Not living anywhere near California, I get to experience a lot of what it has. Thank you for the videos.

[@jokeroneninesevenzero]

Very cool. Love the sideways windows in the tower.

[@cathylindeboo.9598]

You have a kitty with you? Aww ❤!! Subscribed!

[@MrJojo2go]

As you said that this was epic!!! 👍🏻😷👍🏿🇨🇦🇵🇭🇺🇲

[@tranquilmoodsrelaxation8695]

You guys find the craziest most amazing places. loved it. Very cool

[@nannickle]

I lived in San Diego fo years and never heard of this place. Thanks for the tour❤

[@anjachan]

such a nice place.

[@valeriegoode9762]

Fascinating.

[@njaneardude]

How eclectic 😄

[@MateoQuixote]

Idk why but the "are you coming?" at 7:04 is so funny to me lmaoooo. Like hello get your butt up here

[@OddityOdysseys]

😂

[@richardmoramarco6754]

Great show, covered it very well. I have been by there but never stopped to see it.

[@OddityOdysseys]

We highly recommend! Such a great spot and there are even beautiful, friendly dogs on the property. 😊

[@Yawndave]

A very cool spot! When I lived in San Diego I used to take visitors--they were sort of intimidated by the remoteness but really impressed by the building and the view.The creatures in Boulder Park have had a fresh coat of paint since I was there last, they're looking pretty spiffy. You got it right about being like a garage sale in there, but that's what makes it so neat. Love the sound of that desert wind on top of the tower!

[@OldmanGamerYT]

Thanks for sharing your adventure! Great video!

[@OddityOdysseys]

Hope you're having a great weekend!

[@JulianHarris-rg2cp]

Love this video.

[@johanna7254]

Never heard of this place before! Will have to check it out on my next road trip!

[@holymags2495]

Such fun!

[@MichaelCawley-s7g]

Enjoy the adventures. Ever been to Henninger Flats? Up the old Mt. Wilson toll road from Altadena. The LA County Fire Department Forestry Division maintains a nursery there.

[@dtna]

Thnx. Never heard of that place before.

[@djnanartist5364]

Thanks again👍👍👍

[@wendyshick6689]

I used to go there all the time with my kids and my dogs😊

[@karenbarton6783]

Great video! If you ever travel to Gold Rush country, a visit to the Preston School of Industry in Ione, once a boys' reform school, is a must!

[@noahcount7132]

Agree completely with you, Bethany and Drew. A visit to Desert View Tower would not be complete with also visiting Boulder Park. You find some of the neatest, most interesting, unusual, offbeat places to video, describe, and share with us viewers. Thank you so much! 👍❤👍❤

[@OddityOdysseys]

Thank you so much, Noah! The Tower & Boulder Park certainly go hand-in-hand. It was our last stop on this little trip to Imperial County and a nice exclamation point.

[@johnee77]

you should check out the Forestiere Underground Gardens in Fresno... Amazing... and many people live around it and have no idea it exists!

[@CloneTechDrones-619]

Last I visit this place was 5 years ago with family and my dog. Ben was very welcoming, he even asked me to let my dog off the leash to roam around since they had several cute dogs there hanging out. The view is amazing, you can even see the Salton Sea on a clear day. Just pack some lunch because there are no restaurants near that place.

[@highdesertjohn]

Those painted boulder carvings are so cool. Part carving and part natural landscape!

[@jhs8496]

Jesus. You two are really a couple of geniuses.

[@CaseNumber00]

Heres an oddity, Redwood Grove in Carbon Canyon Regional Park, in Brea, CA, Orange County, off the 57 fwy. Its a place filled with Redwood trees.

[@BeeWhistler]

I didn’t like living in Orange County, and I hated LA, but I loved going around to interesting places in the desert and such. Now I’m in Texas and I just wish it hadn’t been so expensive there because I grew up not far from here and never wanted to come back. It’s so much flatter and the only cool thing we’ve seen is wind farms and something that looks like a spaceship just sitting out in a field. So I’m staying subscribed to this channel because even though I can’t visit the places you do anymore, I still want to see them, even if it makes me homesick. Have you been to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway? That’s a good one to visit. Also Ortega Falls… may be covered in graffiti but I think it’s cool. I just wish I’d had the stamina to visit after all that rain. Also Black Star Canyon Falls trail… you two look up to the hike and I heard there’s some old buildings further in as well as a waterfall, but my daughter and I didn’t manage to get that far. I also heard it’s haunted, oooo…. and apparently so is the Katie Wheeler branch of the OC Library on old Myford Road in Irvine. And of course, there’s always Bunnyhenge.

[@DovieRuthAuthor]

You might consider covering NittWitt’s Ridge in Cambria, CA. I met Captain NittWitt when I was a teenager. What a hoot!

[@OddityOdysseys]

That's awesome you got to meet the Captain! It was definitely on our list but has sadly closed permanently.

[@DovieRuthAuthor]

@@OddityOdysseys Bummer! Maybe someone else will purchase it.

[@priscillasinyard887]

Love that place! And the climb😅 I try to take a group of high schoolers every year. Did you go to the top of the blouders and see the springs??

[@patrickterryjr4764]

I’ve been there!

[@HollywoodMarine0351]

Any plans visiting Rudolph Valentino’s Whitley Heights hillside Spanish house? All that remains is the building’s foundation which overlooks the 101 Hollywood freeway.

[@DRFelGood]

Thanks!

[@OddityOdysseys]

JESSE!!! 💕🙏 Thank YOU, our wonderful friend.

[@DRFelGood]

@@OddityOdysseys Your so Welcome 💞

[@BrianFolks]

Dang, I was just there Thursday. I wonder what happened to Coyote and his flying saucer retrieval at repair service. (His stuff is near the entrance as you drive up, but he seems to have disappeared)

[@OddityOdysseys]

Thanks for the update! We visited this spot a few months ago, but with your visit being recent it sounds like Coyote hasn't made a return.

[@charlescolegrove4822]

Hi kids! 😻

[@rosalvaduarte5524]

Been there 👌👌💕🌎

[@rebeccajustine2370]

Hey liked the video!! 🫶🫶🫶

[@arrjay2410]

Interesting. Of the two, I found The Boulder Park more interesting than The Tower.

[@gregoryagogo]

The tower needs lots of maintenance.

[@svorog6195]

O.O 💪

[@SkunkWorks2001]

I’m curious as to what the device is your carrying around your shoulder/back. Sound recording equipment (?)

[@lunacavemoth]

Whatever you do, don't burn out the sacred spots.

[@nigelcarren]

A 'castle' tower without need of fortfications, that's the world I want to live in! Interesting video, presented in a natural way... Not like a *#*#*#* 'KZbinr!' 🙈😂🤣👍 Best wishes from an Englishman making armour in a French forest.

[@mithrandir1313]

Was the rock area ok for kids? 8yo? Thanks

[@mikef.2951]

Mitchell caverns

[@ruready2rock856]

About how long does it take to get there from the LA area, say Glendale?

[@OddityOdysseys]

Without traffic, it would probably take about 3 hours. :)

[@368fan4]

Gah`morning O.O.

[@OddityOdysseys]

G' Mornin', our friend.

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[@artisancans3954]

I love your channel so much. Thank you for all your work. Greetings from Yorkshire UK. John...

[@OddityOdysseys]

Great to have you here, John!

[@DRFelGood]

Thank you very much for bringing us along !!! I’ve never seen this landmark!!! ✌️🩵 :) Jesse

[@andyhudgens]

Love you both oddity fam be home in LA Soon im with you always love the episodes cant wait for hyrule odysseys 🤘🤘🤟🫶🧡🖤😘