Hicksville Trailer Palace

Built by Los Angeles writer and director Morgan Higby Night, Hicksville was opened in April 2010 as a retreat for artists of any medium to get away and have a safe place to create & collaborate.

The motel came into existence as Morgan realized that people from any occupation or background might appreciate a place to go relax and enjoy the magic that is in and around Joshua Tree.

Each trailer has air & heat. They have a BBQ area you can use and Bistro area with a microwave, dishes, toaster as well. They have an indoor and outdoor shower. The bathroom is shared by all the small trailers. The New World & Sideshow have full baths.

Beauty & Essex Lounge

It might look like a dingy pawnshop on the outside, but this New York City storefront is hiding a grand secret. Hidden behind the wall covered in second-hand guitars, cases of antique jewelry, and moth eaten rugs, is one of the busiest bars on the lower east side. Beauty & Essex Lounge opened in 2011 behind the well staged 'Queen Pawn' facade. Its shabby blinking marquee and well-worn checkered floors have fooled more than one person, but it certainly hasn't stopped Beauty & Essex from becoming one of the most visited nightspots in all of the city. And if you can get past the shady-looking exterior, you'll know why. Once inside, you're surrounded by New York glamour at its best. Guests are taken through a door at the back of the pawnshop, and up an elaborate winding staircase and into a dining area lit with candles and an dramatic sky light in the center of the room. The entire restaurant has a mysterious feel, as if you've stumbled across a secret society in the middle of the city. Heck, they even have a woman in the bathroom pouring glasses of champagne for the ladies touching up their lipstick.

Tyn Yr Wtra

Built in 1630, Tyn Yr Wtra – which translated means ‘the house up the narrow lane' – started life as a major farmhouse – and has been transformed into a beautiful holiday home. And in keeping with its history, the characterful four-bedroom property, which is classically black and white timber-framed outside, inside boasts original exposed oak beams and doors as well as a stunning inglenook fireplace. The large rustic kitchen offers incredible views of seemingly never-ending lush countryside, and there’s a large lounge area perfect for post-walk naps. Also downstairs are a conservatory and a bedroom – both of which used to make up the old farmhouse dairy. And there are three large bedrooms upstairs – with picturesque vistas from the windows – as well as one en suite and a separate bathroom. For green-fingered guests, the beautiful surrounding gardens and orchard are filled with colourful flowers and trees bearing fruits such as apples and pears, and there are also strawberries, mulberries and blackcurrants.

While bird watches might be able to see osprey, tawny owls, bats, redstarts, red-legged partridges, kites, swallows, woodpeckers, tree creepers, and lots of pheasants. Owners Ben Carpenter and Sarah Whitley, have made the cottage, which is accessible only by a winding private country lane, as eco-friendly as possible in a bid to allow guests to go live ‘off-grid’. In addition to solar hot water panels, the couple have added solar panels on the barn roof, replaced all oil burners with wood-burners, installed a central heating system that can run from the wood-burners, and fitted filters so the water from the on-site spring can be swigged and bathed in. Although there is wifi available so you don’t have to go completely ‘off-grid’ from the rest of the world.