Hidden Gem of So Cal #12

Wigwam Motel #7: Rialto, CA

Location: Lat: 34° 6' 26.3376" Long: -117° 21' 0.018"

2728 W. Foothill Blvd (Between Baseline & Highland)

Rialto, CA

Cost: Free to take a look, to stay $50-$80

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Check Out Time... High Noon

While traveling in the Offbeat Frontier sometimes you have to rest. When sleeping in your car or crashing at your old frat brother’s house is not in the cards, a motel can be a great second or third option. In the spirit of this blog’s forte, Offbeat has the perfect places to set up camp.

Get your kicks!

Pun defiantly intended here folks, Welcome to the Wigwam Hotel. Visiting Rialto? Of course you would. Forget Disneyland. One of only three, the Wigwam Motel #7 is a monument to the golden age of roadside Americana. Just right off the historic Route 66, families, foreigners, and adulterers looking for a good time, can be a guest at the unique hotel.

If the teepee is a rockin', call maintenance.

Advice and Facts for staying at the Wigwam Motel:

1) Do not attempt to steal Custard’s Last Night Stand adjacent to the bed

2) If needed the U.S. government can place you on a reservation.... help you with your reservation.

3) This Motel was actually built on an ancient pilgrim burial site.

4) The pool is shaped like a tomahawk.

5) The bedspreads are small pox free!

6) All station wagons must be parked in circle formation.

7) No “pitching a tent jokes” allowed