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Entrance gate to the Desert Studies Center, formerly the Zzyzx Mineral Springs.
A bench and vault toilet are at the visitor parking area.
Main road through the Desert Studies Center that was once the resort grounds.
Dorm rooms, a cafeteria and a couple caretaker residences are the primary buildings on the grounds.
A landlocked boat beside Lake Tuendae.
Lake Tuendae.
Lake Tuendae, showing visible remnants from the area's mineral springs resort era.
An old mineral springs pool set beside Soda Dry Lake.
Abandoned rooms of the mineral springs resort.
Overlooking the Mojave National Preserve.
Bighorn sheep can sometimes be seen near the Desert Studies Center.
Signs of the former resort.