Slab City

Just down the road from Salvation Mountain is Slab City, which takes its names from the concrete slabs left behind when World War II-era Marine Barracks Camp Dunlap was closed. Today, it's home to a free-spirited group of year-round residents and snowbirds who form an unofficial community. The only electricity is solar-generated and there's no running water, but because of its off-the-grid lifestyle and some of its residents' free-spirited attitudes, it's been called "The Last Free Place on Earth" - or so a painted sign on the way in proclaims. You can find out more about it at their website. To get there, continue on Beal Rd. past Salvation Mountain.