Abandoned House in the Desert Full of Makeup: What Happened??

[@GarySBCA]

All the bathrooms and then the kitchen… looks like services and housing for migrant workers and families. You mentioned fields nearby… There probably was more or different agriculture at one time.

[@earthcat]

This woman lifts my spirit like no other 🌺

[@kenrutherford1109]

I love seeing her write Wonderhussy in the dust at 6:32

[@earthcat]

@@kenrutherford1109 yasssss

[@RockNRoller66]

Me as well, spirit that CAN be measured.

[@patcaribou]

These abandoned buildings in the desert are like cracker jack boxes...each one has some weird prize inside that you don't know until you open the box. Personally, i think the restaurant was just a front, for the lucrative black market make-up operation!

[@ejgrant5191]

I believe the phrase "No Tell Hotel" would best describe this establishment and I would suspect rooms rented on a hourly basis....The Pahrump of Death Valley.....🤣

[@davidthelander1299]

With Korean girls ..

[@kendallsmith1458]

A crazy rich asian's private club. ala Epstien

[@jamiecurran3544]

That also came to my mind too!🤔😂👍✌️

[@carolcarol9982]

Maybe it was an off the books "Bunny Ranch".

[@deborahdeclusin9389]

I love giving abandoned places back stories, do it often.

[@charleshicks3492]

Only Wonderhussy could find treasures in the middle of nowhere 😎🤣🤩⭐️

[@anabella2014]

She's great 👍

[@anabella2014]

😆 the Hong Kong Angel's

[@dcasper8514]

And among trash.

[@troysierra5228]

My theory is: It probably was a rest stop for Asian (Korean) gamblers. That cater charter busses between LA and Vegas. It was an extremely profitable venture in the 80's and early 90's. They called them 'turn over' excursions. Leaving late afternoon. Returning in about 12 hours later. Their sleep was done in the commute. As foreign born capitalist. They probably had restaurants within their syndicate. So they can recycle more money from the foreign born immigrants commuters. Promising non foreign Korean food. They probably had a gift shop. Hence the make up. We all know Asians don't have much vices, but gambling. You know that. If you ever lived in Vegas.

[@stilesthissell]

I be loving the wonderful wonder hussy who makes such awesome videos and makes my day every time!!!

[@pjdemario1328]

Most definitely a brothel!

[@eerokutale277]

Two fantastic videos in five hours, you are a busy bee!

[@kurtbaker4078]

I really enjoy this type of Adventure. Only WH can make this Junk Pile interesting

[@boblundgren7208]

Would be great if you could discover the real history of the place. Love your videos.

[@BlueSky-ff4oy]

Just google the address...

[@Revbone450]

@@BlueSky-ff4oy What is that?

[@BlueSky-ff4oy]

@QuikVu Classics Very Interesting thanks for sharing Quik.

[@websurfer5772]

​@QuikVu Classics I see from your comments below that you're telling the truth! What a trip! What's culinary hide-and-seek? Never mind, I just read more. How amazing! What great memories you get to have.

[@jamiecurran3544]

@QuikVu Classics lol!😂, I wish I could go back to being a kid again I miss them day's!😁✌️

[@frankconti6591]

What a natural artist you really are 🎨🎎🪭🎏🪄🪩

[@377pete4]

I live out here, and have seen that place. I think it was part of the Roughout Ranch, that big property with the lake on Sliver Valley Rd. The Lynch family raised cattle back in the day, now it's a party place.

[@jbgood7694]

What happened to the Silver Valley Sun club? That was a nice nudist resort.

[@becorations1]

Korean Beauty is actually some good stuff! Some of it can be quite pricey. I love Korean skin care items.

[@bombaybeach208]

Looks like Newbury Springs west of the Volcano House.

[@orionbennett776]

Detective deduction .... a large 'homestead' away from regular people, (meaning a drive to get there) ... where makeup is used ... what appears to be dining room, next to a large industrial kitchen. Out building a residence ... and the rock faced out building looking like a room ... with a large meeting room. If more bedrooms, a resort, or even a brothel ... but without bedrooms, even the bathroom with 3 toilets and large sink is a mystery. Possibly a resort .. with campground / restaurant / meeting place?

[@GeorgiaRidgerunner]

i think some one tried being an importer for a while after the restauraunt and motel failed possibly even a bar & grill would be a superb property to own that place could easily become a not so mini mini mansion

[@Snarkapotamus]

Harlot Heaven for the farm hands! The girls used so much makeup that they decided to import it in bulk...just a guess!

[@ohpatricia1276]

Looks to me like a Spa possibly. Something like Glen Ivy bit a retreat. Mud baths, massages, cocktails and meals.

[@AM711]

Literally YEARS of her wearing flip flops where she should be wearing boots...& gloves, & me watching going omg!

[@DannyB-cs9vx]

Maybe go ask the County treasurer who paid the taxes, a business or individual. There may also be building permits

[@a73drdodge]

Two words I love to hear every Wednesday! Wonderhussy here !!! ❤😅😊

[@robertfrancis6967]

Reminds me of the odd "seasonal" restaurant in the Goonies movie. All abandoned looking in every aspect then something strangely out of place makeup in this case frozen ice cream in the Goonies

[@tomphillips3162]

Many years ago I decided I was tired of society and decided to go live alone, which I did for about four years before coming back. I thought nobody noticed but I was wrong. A young Asian woman gets a hold of me asking me a bunch of questions. I won't give you her background because she probably wouldn't like that. I showed her the video. She didn't recognize the place but she did recognize the make-up saying it was her "uncles" company which in her case doesn't necessarily mean her uncle because she uses aunt and uncle like some people say brother and sister. She tells me that it was very unlikely ever a Chinese restaurant or a brothel, was definitely used by others, maybe as some sort of resort, before the makeup arrived because someone was using the place as a "Hooking Station". A place where young mostly Asian girls were brought in and hooked on a drug. They are given a make-up bag being told they were models and then sold to a massage parlor. The girls would have had no idea where they were. She doesn't know about that place but knows for sure that girls arrive with that make-up at the massage parlors.

[@jamiecurran3544]

Wow that's interesting n makes sense too, I was thinking something dodgy like that too!🤔👍✌️

[@GruvyTubie]

Thanks! Could it be a make-up manufacturing site that specializes in South Korean colors? My second guess is MOONIES (Sung Young Moon followers), it seems like it is from that era. Jim Z - Fan

[@apolloskyfacer5842]

Blot on the desert landscape. Interesting stone (pebble) work on the exterior walls of the house.

[@alidaweber1023]

Pro tip: I lived in Phoenix for 2 1/2 years and have visited other places out west. Cowboy boots were invented for a reason! Rattlesnakes are no joke, and neither are bark scorpions. They're all over the place in the western US. Save your flip-flops for the hot springs, the pools, and the showers. Get a good pair of heavy leather cowboy boots that fit well, preferably customized for you if you can afford it. Remember that, in the desert, everything will stick, sting, or bite you with venom. Always wear the cowboy boots when you go exploring! I found out the hard way about flip flops when I got stung by bark scorpions, not once, but twice, because I wore sandals and flip flops. I got good and sick, and it took a long time to recover.

[@stephenbartley8133]

I've commented on Sarah's choice of footwear a couple of times, suggesting flip flops are tempting fate.. but she still does it ! I'm in Australia and we have to be cautious with our snakes just the same.. we got millions of the things down here

[@KurtfromLaQuinta]

Cowboy boots and shorts... not a good combo. 🙃 But definitely safer. Yep. Those bark scorpions are not to be messed with.

[@kendallsmith1458]

PLEASE!

[@blueflagmusic]

Mojave high desert dweller,i sleep in Doc Martins steel toe boots. I've crushed a couple scorps in bare feet at front of toilet,drunk pissin' at night. Flip flops are for the shower only,but scorps love the shower as well. Mojave sidewinders love to curl up at front door,cute as a button. I have made peace with the thousand spiders in my house. I may die a horrible death,but with my boots on.

[@pendamoniumpaladin1798]

I'd love to see her in shorts and custom fit cowboy boots. Talk about looking super hot while exploring....

[@skyepilotte11]

Very interesting...you sure do find them Sarah. Thx

[@DoctorRobertNeville]

I'm actually surprised the Chinese people on that ship didn't rebuild the entire ship using scraps, and then sailed out of there while giving the finger as they steamed out of there. All the Chinese people I've ever met can repair or build anything out of garbage. They are freaking amazing when it comes to that.

[@Youtubecensoredmyusername]

Yeah old Chinese “junks” lol

[@Coldwarrior7781]

I'm more impressed by the Vietnamese

[@jamiecurran3544]

Old Chinese proverb "one man's junk is another man's business!"😂👍

[@Youtubecensoredmyusername]

@@Coldwarrior7781 1000% yes Food is better women are more beautiful and they don’t rip you off like the Chinese do 👌

[@Greg_Gatsby]

Alfalfa plants typically grow to about 3 ft. tall but their roots go down 6-8 ft and sometimes much deeper to get to underground water sources. Alfalfa might be a good crop to grow in that area.

[@GeorgiaRidgerunner]

doubtful the water table is around 700 feet in most of nevada and southern communistfornia

[@zariabelle4027]

@@GeorgiaRidgerunner. Our well, here in Pahrump is only 125ft down. Most wells on our end of town are about that.

[@donaldsillence6853]

What a very strange place with a great story thanks to Wonderhussy>

[@LesMorrisracing]

Cool Journey video Sarah. Thank you for taking us along

[@Katseye102]

You find the most incredible places in the middle of nothin! I miss doing stuff like this!! Stay safe lady!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@jameshaning]

It looks like a brothel. Great video!

[@jaysonschor]

I can only imagine what kind of "business" was there at one point, being it's in the desert???? Hhhmmm maybe it was the rabbit ranch instead of the bunny ranch 😆 🤣 😂

[@robertfrancis6967]

You should go out to the "Desert Bar" out in the middle of the Mojave desert in Arizona. Miles away from any sort of maintained roadway or civilization

[@christophersanders5007]

That land may be worth some money. With all the plumbing attached to those buildings there has to be a well somewhere on the property. Land with wells already drilled are worth more money than raw land without a well.

[@OdySlim]

Hey there Sarah. Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it very much. I am the guy that sent you poker chips from the brotherl a while back. Anyhow I wanted to say you must have got a new microphone. The quality is really good. Thanks & have a nice upcoming Memorial Day. Regards from Ody Slim

[@dc76384]

You better be careful running around a place like that in flip-flops. 😮

[@ajosephbaumhauer4071]

It’s such a shame that people have to trash and destroy everything

[@juneyshu6197]

Darn right

[@dcasper8514]

It's the American thing.

[@susancaleca4796]

Always enjoy your documentarys

[@augustharter981]

I know where you are😂. Good analogy to dustbowl! That is a weird outdoor bathroom setup! Apparently Nobel Cosmetics is still around from what I saw when I Googled it. You left yiur mark! Now they know you were there😂. Curious property! That one building looked like it was made up like a clubhouse with homes to stay in. No theory what this complex would be. Thanks for sharing 😂

[@kenbrown438]

Two WonderHussy videos in one day : "PRICELESS" !!!!

[@TiltedTripodMedia]

The bathrooms reminded me of the restrooms you would find at a theme park or water park

[@tomfrye9037]

What kind of business? Probably some kind of monkey business...Probably a little cheap labor camp. Looks like sleeping rooms and an activities hall/breakroom/kitchen for the workers. The place might have been shut down due to the employer using undocumented workers. Just my guess. Anyway, great find...and out there where one would least expect to find a makeup distribution center at that. Just goes to show that the desert has many secrets...and Wonderhussy can find them.♥

[@juneyshu6197]

I agree.

[@jamiecurran3544]

Monkey business ah that takes me back to my youth!😂👍

[@richardelliott8352]

Maybe the makeup was a side hustle when the restaurant by the side of a road in the middle of nowhere didn't work out, who knows. perhaps there was some kind of mining nearby that made building a service establishment seem like a good idea, but I"ll go with extracting drugs hidden in the make up, which financed building a tolerable place to live, until the supply chain was broken. More probably the customers got food poisoning , the word spreard among the small customer base, and it was all over. I just write stuff to trigger the KZbin algorithms to pay off.

[@GeorgiaRidgerunner]

food poisioning in asian and other forein owned restauraunts is actually a problem when eating in asian restauraunts its not if you get food poisioning its when it happened to an ex of mine and several other people i know the asians have no idea of our food safety protocols or just dont care after my ex got food poisioning we both agreed that we would never eat in another asian restauraunt i havent and im not going to ever again as for my ex i dunno if she has or not

[@jamiecurran3544]

Fentinal flavoured lipsticks!😂

[@johnholcomn8560]

Pretty interesting things in the desert.

[@gordbaker896]

Repackaging Depot for Mary Kay and Amway. Lots of workers. They had TV and electricity.

[@sledawgpilot]

Agreed. Dorm and cafeteria for Asian women workers, maybe off the books

[@JohnSmith-wr1vz]

Definitely a house of I'll repute. Girly bathroom, make up and your pick of international girls.

[@perry92964]

and you get something to eat

[@jamiecurran3544]

@@perry92964 yeah Cherry pie!😂

[@showaltermicro]

I think it was a restaurant , closed then resold makeup - Noble Panacea make up was the first to use Retinol in make up.

[@WalterJ-FL72]

The can in the outbuilding reads, "Chin Chin Ai Yu Yellow Jelly".

[@jamescox3502]

You’re hand writing in sand is beautiful. But you still need snake boots! Please!!!!!! We love you!

[@nicolepitt93]

Looks like Newberry springs 😅

[@randyrussell4641]

Right on 👍🏻 great looking project

[@kplante7881]

Thanks for sharing…!

[@FinneousFogg-ix6vr]

I wished you would do an exploration of these places further. Do an overnight stay to find out if it's HAUNTED! That investigation of the long abandoned brothel you did a couple of years back was/is still memorable.

[@johnrogers6291]

Yikes ! Fascinating find in the desert, wish you had put on some protective boots.

[@safepetproducts]

I'd be more concerned with needles than snakes.

[@scottieray]

The Wedgewood stoves are worth quite a bit of money these days. Maybe they were using the makeup for nefarious purposes.

[@jamiecurran3544]

Indeed!🤔👍

[@justinhunt2145]

I never get tired of watching your shows. I even go back to your old ones and have a WonderHussy binge day lol. I used to love watching you prepare your meals while camping. Keep it up. Great work

[@georgemccoy219]

Within view of Huell Howser's. Maybe his Chinese film crew and makeup person all stayed there? LOL. Chinese brothel ranch? Restaurant and private rooms. In any case a very interesting find!!!

[@alanchristensen5735]

What an interesting imagination you have.

[@karenmays8889]

Great video. Safe travels.

[@ralphcrosby4051]

thanks for the adventure stay safe

[@stephanstory9905]

Wander on Wonderhussy ! Love your videos !

[@kenbrown438]

It's amazing ; just think , they had to haul all this "stuff" out to this place !!!!

[@seanpop2886]

4Runner!!!! First impression: Looks like a snowbird campsite store.

[@David-oi7im]

...it was the best of times, it was the worst of times..it was an age of incredulity... and it was swallowed-up by the desert

[@tzisme]

It has a military feel to it. A central kitchen with dining hall, day room, and bunking facilities.

[@Coldwarrior7781]

Special makeup operations strike team.

[@kendallsmith1458]

Some dude says it was a kids summer camp

[@jamiecurran3544]

@@Coldwarrior7781 lmao!😂👍

[@johnnysechrist6313]

Glad you have such a good sense of humor Sarah. Hugggzzz from Kentucky

[@zalmaflash]

That was George Santos' beauty parlor headquarters.

[@patriciaguenzler9150]

👍🙏 thank you wonderhussy Sarah did it again amazing

[@dezertraider]

VERY COOL SARAH,THANK YOU

[@genekelly8467]

This was a bunkhouse to house a ranch hand crew. No doubt it was abandoned because the water supply dried up

[@anabella2014]

I enjoy 😉 your stories!!! Lol 😆 Keep on keeping ❤ u... 👍

[@ducknorris233]

Ever wonder why there are so many Thai restaurants? Apparently the Thailand government launched a global initiative to open Thai restaurants. They offer training and finance for their citizens to open thai restaurants around the world.

[@July4.1776]

What a Fucking video! She was zonked out on Valium 😂😂😂😂 rollin

[@ElwoodAndersonNV]

I wonder if it was a brothel. With all that cosmetics lying around there must have been all women there. A Chinese brothel for the miners. That's it! The buildings were nicely constructed, much more than needed for mining or any other any other type of commercial enterprise. To get the girls to live in the middle of the desert would require some nice quarters.

[@manueldeanda9950]

Thats the first thing I was thinking

[@ThomasEdwardsArt]

MY THEORY With the Asian influences and the large open spaces. I am guessing it was an undercover casino, with a restaurant and a brothel on the side.

[@phildodd5532]

Cool !

[@Kelly-tj8xv]

The hairs on my arms were standing up - I was so scared you were going to step on a nail. Because you're an explorer, please please please throw some thick soled work boots into your vehicle. I LOVE your videos on abandoned places, but it reminds me too much of when I was exploring an abandoned house, and a nail went through my sneakers. Lucky for me, the nail went between my toes, so didn't puncture my foot.

[@MC22Scott]

My exhub stepped on a nail at the family dock once. Watching the doc inject Novocaine in the wound so he could stitch him up was awful. Seriously, wear thick boots and stay on top of your tetanus shot schedule.

[@jamiecurran3544]

@@MC22Scott I've stood on plenty of nails in my 49 year's n never had to have stitches or a tetanus shot!🤔✌️

[@Buck1954]

Looks like a business that serves its employees with food and wash up.

[@kimberlyshalaby1134]

That's sad to see abandoned homes.

[@richardvreeland7363]

I really like your morgdidshu story.

[@jerrykeenan1848]

Thanks so much

[@MySORRELL]

THANKS!

[@Winstonrodney6989]

Wonderhussy boldly going into places where I sure as heck wouldn’t!😅

[@darkartsandcrafts7996]

In flip flops no less

[@RobShutt357]

@wonderhussy have you ever been on Amboy Rd between 29 palms and I-40?

[@positivemanda]

She has videos in wonder valley!

[@jennablerose2168]

The woman on that make-up advertisement looked a lot like Elizabeth Montgomery.

[@jimmytheexpat5719]

the room with the big beam and giant fire place love to redo that as my home ... dang

[@websurfer5772]

Oh Y2K happened in there! That's what it was. So it did happen for some people. Wow. We must be the Left Behind. That sucks, but at least we have Wonderhussy to help see us through. 😎

[@jamiecurran3544]

Yeah that's where Peter Griffin n Co shacked up!😂😁👍

[@criticalcrab1125]

LMAO! i love your theory about the Chinese biker gang! and of course i love you!

[@elaynestewart8290]

Hey WonderHussy, there is supposed to be a huge alfalfa farm in Arizona that is ran by Saudi Arabians for their cattle. They cannot grow alfalfa in Saudi Arabia because they are not allowed to use the water because they have limited water. 60 minutes did a story on it, but Saudi Arabia doesn't even have to pay for the water here to grow because it comes from the Colorado River. Love to watch your videos. Keep up the interesting adventures.

[@elaynestewart8290]

Their cattle is not here, but in Saudi Arabia and they ship it their.

[@patcaribou]

A large chunk of the farms in central AZ between Phoenix and Tucson grow alfalfa or cotton, very water intensive crops, almost all of which gets exported,. Funny thing is, a big chunk of Arizona's CAP water got cut two years ago, because Lake Mead had dropped so low. So a lot of those fields have been left fallow if they couldn't pump ground water to replace the CAP water.

[@davidgale4604]

The water for these alfalfa farms in southeast AZ comes from ground water not the Colorado river

[@elaynestewart8290]

I know 60 Minutes just did the story, I have no clue, just thought it would be interesting content for someone.

[@robertheinkel6225]

Arizona has recinded the water rights for the Saudis. Without the water, alfalfa can’t grow, so for now, problem solved.

[@johndeavenport7593]

It was a brothel!!

[@kenbrown438]

There's a little bit of WonderHussy in all of us !!!!

[@budgreenjeans]

There is a little bit of me in every wonderhussy

[@haydonditchburn2194]

I'd like to put a little bit of me into.... oh, never mind..!!

[@dcasper8514]

Really ??

[@jamiecurran3544]

@@budgreenjeans 😳😂👍

[@leannedale6357]

Chinese biker gang is way too funny!🎎☯

[@santatigerclaus]

omg id rockhound there-- when you mentioned volcanic rock another word for that is obsidian !!!!

[@wildwestunlimited]

This is where Hong Kong phooey lived!

[@kristaseyler654]

Maybe a brothel ?? Massage parlor slash Cafe slash nail salon slash cosmetic counter ?? Where's the hotspring ?? 😮