Shields Date Garden

In business since 1924, this roadside attraction is where you can watch the 15-minute documentary, Romance and Sex Life of the Date, sip a creamy date shake, stock up on plump dates in the gift shop and, incongruously, tour a garden accented with biblical statuary.

Dates have been big business in the Coachella Valley for well over a century and, to this day, the region accounts for 95% of all dates produced in the US:

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