Palm Springs and the Desert Resorts
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We’ve compiled the best of the best in Palm Springs and the Desert Resorts - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
One of the richest living natural-history museums in the nation, this state park is a vast, nearly uninhabited wilderness where you can step...Read More
West of and parallel to Highway 111, this mile-long, Mediterranean-style shopper's paradise is lined with fountains, courtyards, and upscale...Read More
At Galleta Meadows, camels, llamas, saber-toothed tigers, tortoises, and monumental gomphotherium (a sort of ancient elephant) appear to roam...Read More
The Indian Canyons are the ancestral home of the Agua Caliente, part of the Cahuilla people. You can see remnants of their ancient life, including...Read More
This vast, 10-acre art installation full of “assemblage art” on a sandy tract of land in the town of Joshua Tree honors the work of artist Noah...Read More
A trip on the tramway provides a 360-degree view of the desert through the picture windows of rotating cars. The 2½-mile ascent through Chino...Read More
This museum's impressive collection of World War II, Vietnam, and Korea aircraft includes a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, a Bell P-63 King Cobra...Read More
The stunning, 25,000-square-foot winter home and retreat of the late Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg and his wife, Leonore, opened to the public...Read More
Come eye-to-eye with wolves, coyotes, mountain lions, cheetahs, bighorn sheep, golden eagles, warthogs, and owls at the Living Desert, which...Read More
This gallery features work by local painters, sculptors, and jewelry makers inspired by the desert landscape. If you find yourself inspired...Read More
Galleries and live–work studios just off East Canyon Drive showcase the works of a number of highly acclaimed artists. Painter and ceramicist...Read More
Once a Native American village and later a cattle ranch, this preserve is a serene oasis around a natural spring generated by snowmelt from...Read More
At this mini–theme park you can play minigolf, drive bumper boats, climb a rock wall, drive a go-kart, swing in the batting cages, test your...Read More
Cabot Yerxa, the man who found the spring that made Desert Hot Springs famous, built a quirky, four-story, 35-room pueblo between 1939 and his...Read More
This museum features more than 80 hands-on exhibits, including a miniature rock-climbing area, a magnetic sculpture wall, make-it-and-take-it...Read More
Learn about dates at this museum inside a former farmhouse. The exhibits here provide an intriguing glimpse into irrigation, harvesting, and...Read More
For a glimpse of how the desert appeared before development, head northeast from Palm Springs to this preserve. It has a system of sand dunes...Read More
The hideaway of the King of rock ’n’ roll and his young bride, Priscilla, during their first year of marriage, this house perches on a hilltop...Read More
This 4-acre desert garden at the west entrance to El Paseo holds 14 cutting-edge works by contemporary sculptors, including Donald Judd, Betty...Read More
Natural and cultural history of the Morongo Basis and High Desert are the focus here. A small live-animal display includes scorpions, snakes...Read More
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