Mountainside Mural, Calico California

Nestled in the dusty folds of California’s Mojave Desert, Calico, a ghost town with loads of charm, has a peculiar boast: it's name painted across a mountainside in bold letters. This isn’t just graffiti from a rogue cowboy with too much time and paint. No, the Calico mountainside mural is a testament to the town’s scrappy spirit, a splash of whimsy in a land where tumbleweeds outnumber taxpayers. You can see it from Ghost Town Road on the mountainside above Calico, CA