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HAZEL'S VOLCANIC GARDEN

Location: Wonder Valley, CA
​Accessibility: Long Drive from Anywhere
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​Created: Possibly 1980s
Covering ⅔ of a mile of a strip of land in Argentina is a guitar formed entirely out of trees. Best seen from an airplane above, Pedro Martin Ureta worked on the design as a memorial to his beloved wife.

Built on the shores of the Great Salt Lake in Utah is a Spiral Jetty. The 1,500-foot-long, 15-foot-wide counterclockwise coil is a sculpture from the hands of Robert Smithson, which is adored from the shore and from an aerial view.

Built in 2006, the Bunjil Geoglyph aka Eagle is a creature made from rocks by artist Andrew Rogers in Australia. With a wingspan of 330 feet, the formation of the bird appears to be soaring through the land.

​...These examples of land art and many others have been photographed, documented and cemented by the art world. However, one work of land art had been one of Wonder Valley’s best-kept secrets.
Composed of thousands of rocks and stones, the Volcanic Gardens of Wonder Valley spell out messages such as “Give peace, good will to men”, “God Bless America”, "Sing, dance, read the bible," and much, much more.  However, we may never truly know who the artist of the work, Hazel Stiles, was trying to reach with her words.  Hazel’s garden remains one of the most mysterious and compelling works of ground art and continues to shout to the sky with its messages written in the sand.  Join us as we get a closer look from up above Hazel’s Garden.
Pictured below is a mosaic of all the text we were able to decipher from the garden.  If anyone is able to decipher more of it, please let us know in the comments section and we will update the image.  Also check out our extended video of the deciphering process.  Click on the video above.  Thank you for watching!
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  • New Episodes
  • Episode Archive
    • 2020 Episodes >
      • The Lummis Castle
      • The Sky Slide
      • The Galleta Meadows Sculptures
      • Burro Schmidt Tunnel
      • The Global Angel Wings Project
      • The Topanga Time Tunnel
      • Solstice Canyon
      • The Kea Mill
      • Tankland
      • Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village
      • Cabot's Pueblo
    • 2019 Episodes >
      • The Shoemaker Tunnels
      • The Canned Heat Suicide House
      • Angels Flight
      • Echo Mountain
      • Amir's Garden
      • The Amboy Crater
      • Hazel's Volcanic Gardens
      • East Jesus
      • Rock-a-Hoola Waterpark
      • The Mojave Lava Tube
      • The Mosaic Tile House
      • The Krampus Run
    • 2018 Episodes >
      • Devil's Gate Dam
      • Salvation Mountain
      • The Cat House
      • The Sutro Bath Ruins
      • Bring Your Own Big Wheel
      • The Wave Organ
      • The Bay Bridge Troll
      • The Peephole Cinema
      • Nike Missile Site LA-88L
      • The High Tower Elevator
    • 2017 Episodes >
      • The Bridge to Nowhere
      • The Musical Road
      • The Old Los Angeles Zoo
      • The St. Francis Dam
      • Phantasma Gloria
      • The Sunken City
      • Nike Missile Site LA-96C
      • The Prohibition Tunnels
      • Vasquez Rocks
      • Big Horn Mine
      • The 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
    • 2016 Episodes >
      • The Laguna Beach Pirate Tower
      • The Great Wall of Los Angeles
      • Murphy's Ranch
      • The Chemosphere
      • The Los Feliz Murder Mansion
      • The Music Box Steps
      • Bronson Cave
      • The Shakespeare Bridge
      • The S.S. Dominator Shipwreck
      • The Last Bookstore
      • Picnic Table #29
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