Salvation Mountain, Niland California

Artist Leonard Knight spent three decades turning a humble hillside into a psychedelic sermon. Using adobe clay, straw bales, old tires, junked cars, and roughly a half-million gallons of donated latex paint, Leonard created what can only be described as a biblical acid trip. Bright flowers, waterfalls, bluebirds, the Sea of Galilee, giant hearts, crosses, and Bible verses scream across the landscape in bright vivid colors. So if you’re ever driving through the blazing Imperial Valley and spot what looks like a rainbow exploded onto a sand dune, pull over. Take the yellow brick road. Read the verses. Snap a photo with the big red heart on Beal Road in Niland, CA