Go bananas at this endearing and bizarre collection of over 19,000 banana-related artefacts, from candles to cookie jars, hats to hangers. Dress in a banana suit for the ultimate photo-op. Also sells shakes, ice cream and snacks – all banana-flavored, of course.
International Banana Museum
Greater Palm Springs
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Nearby Greater Palm Springs attractions
1. Salton Sea State Recreation Area
2.81 MILES
This area covers 14 miles of the northeastern shore of the Salton Sea and is popular with boaters and anglers, although the fish population has been…
12.37 MILES
En route to the Salton Sea, this certified-organic date garden is handy for picking up gift boxes and yummy date shakes.
16.37 MILES
Cottonwood Spring is an oasis with a natural spring that Cahuilla tribespeople depended on for centuries. Look for morteros – rounded depressions in the…
22.39 MILES
In business since 1924, this kooky roadside attraction is where you can watch the 15-minute documentary, Romance and Sex Life of the Date, try a date…
25.37 MILES
East of Borrego Springs, a 4-mile dirt road, sometimes passable without 4WD, diverges south from County Rte S22 out to Fonts Point (1249ft). From up here…
25.97 MILES
The pile of rocks is actually a monument to Thomas 'Peg Leg’ Smith – one-legged mountain man, fur trapper, horse thief, con artist and Wild West legend…
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