With everything from a bustling fairground to a haunted arts center, the High Desert and Victor Valley have plenty of interesting cultural attractions for residents and visitors alike.

San Bernardino County Fairgrounds

The San Bernardino County Fairgrounds is a prime example. While the fair itself is a marquee draw, the other 51 weeks of the year here are consumed with horse shows, bridal events, family reunions, corporate and business functions, car rallies and much more.

High Desert Center for the Arts

An equally popular locale is the High Desert Center for the Arts, which dates back to 1943 when it was operated as a USO site. Several troupes that work with children, as well other local theater and music groups, use the 170-seat theater and art gallery.

Some former visitors seem to be unable to stay away either, as the center’s reportedly got some hangers-on from its earlier days and from nearby Old Town Victorville. According to the California Society for Ghost Research, the center’s otherworldly cast includes a Spanish War soldier, Mojave Indians and an actor in a Hamlet costume.

Old Town Victorville

There’s a lot more than ghosts in Old Town Victorville these days, however. The area goes back to the 1850s, and currently the city is actively recruiting new shops and businesses to help recreate a thriving and lively urban center.

Route 66 Museum

Helping to keep that traffic coming through Victorville is the California Route 66 Museum, which celebrates that famous route from Chicago to L.A. More than just a stop on the road, the museum is a snapshot of Victorville history, with exhibits of memorabilia that includes the remnants of Hula Ville, a now-defunct attraction that featured a nine-foot dancing hula girl sign.

Roy Rogers, Dale Evans Foundation

Victor Valley’s always been known for its cowboy culture, and nobody made that more popular than Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, whose philanthropic and artistic endeavors live on.

The Happy Trails Children’s Foundation works with abused children from its Cooper Home in Apple Valley, and since 1997 has helped more than 350 children receive shelter, care and treatment services. And at Sunset Hills Memorial Park the Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Sunset Chapel has been providing one of the area’s most beautiful backdrops for weddings and special events since opening its doors in 2007.