There is more than one artist with this name:

1) Evelyn "Eva Lindgre… Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one artist with this name:

1) Evelyn "Eva Lindgren" is from Sweden, she lives in Stockholm and she was 24 years old when she started her musical carreer. She worked as a fashion model in Barcelona and has been voted 'Miss Täby' in her homeland. Her musical background ranges from choir singing in school to several live solo performances in the U.S.A where she lived for one year.

Her debut single was Funny Bunny Boy, released in the autumn 98. It has been produced by Johnny Jam and Delgado who were responsible for the megahit Barbie Girl by the Danish band Aqua. The single didn't do as well as it was hoped for in the charts, but it was played quite often in the clubs. The next thing we heard from her was a song called Blue Sky Black, a great song which is not released as a single, but was included on a soundtrack to a swedish film called 'Fucking Åmål'. Her second official single was called Play With Me. The song was about a dildo... and one was offered to the first buyers of the CD-single. The whole thing made some people furious, especially in Norway...

2) Evelyn was a post-hardcore band from Jönköping, Sweden. myspace.com/evelynjkpg

Members:
Erik Brolin - Vocals
Jacob Lennartsson - Guitar
Jonas Blomquist - Guitar
Amandus Rofors - Bass
Arvid Öhrn - Drums

3) Formed in 2009, Sydney band Evelyn spent their first year writing and recording their debut self titled EP. Released in May of 2010 with a sound that lies somewhere between the bands Acceptance and Thrice, the EP features 5 tracks of melodic rock and includes the bands first single 'Emily'. http://www.myspace.com/evelynsounds

4) Evelyn is a melodic rock band from Lana in South Tyrol (Italy). They released a self-penned and now very rare (and expensive) 5-title CD ("Evelyn") in 1996 including the then local hits "To the top" and "Angel with a broken wing" (ballad).

4) Evelyn is gothic metal band from little town Zbąszynek in western Poland (Lubuskie Voivoidship), which was formed in late 2002.

5) Evelyn was a melodic rock band from Norway. They released two CDs in their own studio in 1998 (Evelyn) and 2002 (Hope)

6) Evelyn was a symphonic metal band from York, UK. They released two demos and one album.

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Evelyn Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Evelyn:

Betcha She Don Betcha She Don't Love You- by Evelyn "Champagne" King Betch…
Blue Sky Black I'm all inside out. What's this all about You don't…
Come & Get Me You went away I let you We broke the ties that bind I…
Come And Get Me You went away I let you We broke the ties that bind I…
Dirty Nights Yeah (Worldwide) Don’t give me the stars (Don’t give me t…
Don I've got to make sure it's all right If I should…
Escapar De Mi Ay! Cuanto tardé En aproximarme A la salida Del laberinto Y…
Face to Face Powder your face with sunshine Put on a great big smile Make…
Funny Bunny Boy Don't you go. Can't you see what I feel inside…

Get It Up It's been a long time since I heard your voice I'm…
Hold On To What You I like taking chances, Especially when it comes to love Bu…
HOld On To What You've Got I like taking chances, Especially when it comes to love But …
I If I Can Dream Performer：Evelyn Lam / 孫富錦 Composer ：Brown …
I Belong To You Three weeks ago you left in search of something down…
I Don't Know If It's Right I've got to make sure it's all right If I should…
I Love the Nightlife [Ive been thinkin?bout you] [The way I feel about you] I ha…
Love Come Down (Love come down) (All the way down) No sleep last night Bee…
Mundo O melhor que eu tenho pra Te dar O dinheiro não…
One Night In Ibiza Yeah (Worldwide) Don't give me the stars (don't give me the …
Que Será Dicen que a los cuentos siempre cuentan nuestros relatos que…
Shame Shame Burning, you keep my whole body yearning You got me so…
Xanadu Xanadu, Xanadu (now we are here) in Xanadu A place where…

You and I I don't want a lot for Christmas There's just one thing…

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@ryklatortuga4146

21w↑95

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: A single vast Circle of asphalt and stone
Clings to the desert. Near this, upon the sand,
Half sunk, no shattered signage pronounces this town,
Just half eroded lines painted by hand,
The direction of travel informs without being said
Which yet survive, stamped on this lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fled:
And I wished for a pedestal and some words to appear:
"My name is Evelyn an asphalt loopy thing:
Look on my start and find the end!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal flat disc, an infinate bend
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

All comments from YouTube:

@jimrook5726

21w↑3.1K

I grew up in Shoshone and now 87 years old. We used yo drive around this circle as a teenager and see how fast we could go. The circle was used to mix cold mix asphalt with a road grader to patch holes in hwy 127. They used the circle material to make the asphault. The reason for the circle was to avoid turning the grader around during the mixing. It required many circuites to get it mixed properly. The stripes were just practice for the striping crew. I hope this helps. Jim 11:25

@elamanvetta1685

21w↑211

Mystery solved. Thanks, Jim!

@preluded

21w↑89

Wow this is awesome! Thanks!

@AScottB

21w↑16

@@opalsongsyou are

@JonathanStewartPhotos

21w↑57

Damn that's so mundane. I was hoping for something like toll-plaza for the red light district.

@warbirds57

21w↑78

Jim...how fast did you go?

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@Rogentx

21w↑498

I found this is brief history of the town.

“All that remains is a paved loop of road next to the old railroad grade. The California Department of Transportation uses this area to store paving materials and test equipment for work on California State Route 127 and other area roads.”

@SidetrackAdventures

21w↑50

It looked like the railroad grade was on the other side of the highway. I was hoping to see some railroad ties to confirm but I flew the drone over and didn't see any. But in the drone shots you can see the raised area a couple hundred feet from the highway.

@Rogentx

21w↑15

@@SidetrackAdventures Yeah it’s a odd one even after reading what I did 🤔

@strix.1

21w↑27

Before reading this, I was thinking maybe it was a turn-around for semi-trucks to use. But the yellow lines is a bit of a puzzle especially since it looks like some are not even laid in a useful pattern...maybe the paint-striper they used was testing there? Very interesting!

@Syncopator

21w↑14

This comment suggests to me that it might be used for testing road monitoring equipment, such as traffic monitors, or speed monitors. Test vehicles could drive around the track for monitoring equipment to record the speed and/or weight or other factors of interest to the DOT.

@Rfk1966

21w↑8

We checked this out on the way to DV. I’d guess caltrans maintenance area/pavement test area. There was a small pile of gravel on the edge of the circle back in July

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@JB-tr4lg

21w↑313

The metal pillar is a well. Environmental use these to test the water sources on a regular basis. They have many of the same thing on military bases. Steam engine trains needed water, so water tanks were probably located here at one time. Nice explore!

@SidetrackAdventures

21w↑6

Are you talking about the one towards the beginning or the older one off in the brush towards the end?

@krishankochar3059

21w↑2

That was my guess thanks for clarifying!

@timothyripp3211

21w↑24

The 'scientiffic device' at the beginning looks like a groundwater monitoring well for an environmental investigation. It looks relatively modern and very well maintained. These are called 'stovepipe' wellheads. The round one later in the video looks like a much older stovepipe well. Perhaps these were for environmental assessment of the ashpalt plant someone else mentioned in their comment. Loved the visit to Evelyn! Thanks for sharing.

@toordog1753

21w↑4

The metal box is a sensor. The company i just left owns 12,000÷ of these all over the planet.

@davewaters2841

20w↑3

@@timothyripp3211 I agree! And I used to install em too..

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@fredmanicke5078

21w↑199

The circles exist in Montana in about every highway department district as a place to mix asphalt and gravel to make patching for highway repairs. They lay a stripe of gravel around the circle then a grader berms it up into circular strip. A hot oil tanker sprays asphalt on the gravel and then the grader rolls the berm over to mix it, several times.

@rochelle586

21w↑5

That’s what CHiPs told me when I was looking for it

@johnthomas1422

14w

That could be true or complete bs, I dunno which.

@henrytowne7463

11w↑2

Yes, that is a service road and right-of-way access for an asphalt batch plant. My father was a highway engineer for NYDOT They'd install mobile plants if the local existing plants were too far or inadequate. Stagger your trucks for the next batch in the ring. When the batch is ready, load and go til gone.

@wildraconteuse2272

20w↑27

I live in Tecopa California. There is another "circle" worth looking at - off Excelsior Mine Road East of the Kingstons North of Hwy 15 called Valley Wells Smelter - There is a "glass dance floor" it's where they smelted copper for years and dumped the slag on the ground. There are remnants of the town too.

@ryklatortuga4146

21w↑95

@justinfleming3551

21w↑9

I like your poem. That was quite creative. Thank you for sharing that. 😎

@deeexxx8138

21w↑11

Shelley is smiling somewhere

@jasonschmidt9844

21w↑9

I certainly did not expect that reference in a YouTube comment section.

@idontknow2293

21w↑6

Mr or Mrs or Ms Tortuga. Such an unexpected pleasure. You truly are a poet and you know it. 😅

@DarrylFerrucci

21w↑1

Awesome.

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@tedkerr2230

21w↑42

Steve, I think you were supposed to drive around it 3 times and make a wish!

@SidetrackAdventures

21w↑12

I would have but I was worried about it summoning a monster or something. haha

@confuseatronica

21w↑1

@@SidetrackAdventures just make sure to drive deisel not widdershins :P

@heyoldman2003

21w↑2

but doing it in reverse increases your chances of them happening 😎

@CarsandCats

21w↑2

You can tell he's not a Southern boy because he went the wrong way!

@dhughes6710

20w↑2

But never go anti-clockwise or something bad might happen.

@briancisco1176

21w↑47

For what it's worth, the "Kiddle Encyclopedia" website claims, "The California Department of Transportation uses this area to store paving materials and test equipment for work on California State Route 127 and other area roads."

@heyoldman2003

21w↑2

i thought sand piles for when the roads get icy 😎

@CarsandCats

21w↑115

Steve, you make everything interesting. Even just a circle in the desert! I think you need to do more Google Map searches, it would be fun.

@siegfriedschudel7024

21w↑5

Yes, I like it too very much! So cool what Steve discovers for us. Thank you 👍

@wmjohns881

21w↑4

As I have previously mentioned, I really like Steve’s presentations.

His voice and delivery is excellent.

I don’t have to try and filter through a heavy accent or rapid speech. 🤠

@CarsandCats

21w

He's such a peaceful, calm man. I wish everyone acted like he does.@@wmjohns881

@wendylcs4283

18w↑2

Yeah my thoughts as well

@JulieHoffenberg

21w↑76

If you return to Baker in the future, I would imagine you'd have a grand time exploring the history of Otto's cave... the mountain just aside Mad Greek I believe is now called "Otto's Mountain." I've only been up there once, and it was boarded up with some metal to prevent people from going into the cave, but Otto lived there many decades ago, mining his own rock by hand and living in the cave. He was also a "gem" of a guy and my wife's family knew him growing up. Every year they'd get a package of sweets from Otto and she still has some stones he gave the family. Anyway, that's the start of it but I am sure you could interview locals and do quite the video. Careful up on the mountain, lots of glass and some sketchy folks go up to party. Go in daylight with someone. Have fun!

@bajadogs

21w↑14

I think the yellow lines are probably just remnants of the road crews practicing with their painting equipment. Thanks for all the great videos.

@SidetrackAdventures

21w↑2

I think you are right there, because when I started walking, there was just the center lane, but once I got past the dirt road there were lines everywhere.

@Celebok

21w↑12

I just recently discovered your channel and started watching your videos. Your visit to the mysterious Evelyn Circle is a prime example of what I love about this channel. Taking several hours of your day to drive out to that location, for ten minutes of, "What the heck is this place?" so that I don't have to. Love your commentaries, too!

@elisaorozco9494

21w↑1

DITTO!!!!!!

@keithrosenberg5486

20w↑18

For me the Evelyn T&T Station is much more interesting than the much more modern paved circle. My dad and his parents lived there for a time in the 1930s. My grandfather worked for the T&T and was the Bridge and construction foreman.

@SidetrackAdventures

20w↑2

Wish I had more info on the station. Someone mentioned one of the old T&T buildings from Evelyn might be in Shoshone as a house now.

@paulcalhoun6339

13w↑1

If we are guessing, that metal box sorta looks a camera stand…..I seen them where large cameras would be place in the desert to capture photos of the night sky in area with no light pollution

@nbk9372

21w↑30

Those metal strips were used on top of wooden strips that were used as tracks for mining ore carts during WW II and the original metal tracks were repurposed for the war effort. The metal contraption appears to be a ventilator or possibly an exhaust pipe for a motorized air compressor to pump air into the mining shaft. If you were to venture further up the draw, you would probably locate a few enclosed mining entrances. I'm old enough to remember wooden strips with metal straps were still in use into the mid 70's, it was cheaper than using metal tracks. The circled ring, my guess is a turn around (round about) for unloading ore carts using the gravity delivery system and using an engine for the return up that compacted path shown in the drone video. Just ole timers observation. TY and take care y'all.

@cdd4248

20w↑2

Good Observations!

@jpgabobo

21w↑13

Thanks for showing places I explored in my youth, The desert is a big place full of amazing things, you will never run out of interesting content.

@erikmutthersbough6508

21w↑27

The box mounted in the concrete pad. Is a ground water monitoring station. It's used to take water samples for contamination testing. You can also see booms and silt socks "tubuler socks" along the inner edge of the traffic circle. They keep rain runoff from eroding the dirt and washing it away.

@jdubvdub

21w↑3

Also could just be used for water level monitoring to determine groundwater water flow direction

@lisacolbert5987

19w↑1

It actually rains there ?

@dawnmaclellan7831

18w↑1

Wouldn’t want anything washing away 😂😂😂

@tristanflores1069

21w↑10

Thanks Steve, loved the desert landscape driving footage, also appreciate how you value less known relics of the past. I really enjoyed this one. Look forward to watching next week.

@SidetrackAdventures

21w↑1

Thank you, I really appreciate it.

@melissaa.7970

21w↑4

No matter how long or short your videos, they are all appreciated!! Thank you… go Pads

@trentbruch1984

21w↑5

Definitely one of my favorite episodes of this show, your show reminds me of California's Gold with the late great Huell Howser

@roywhitman7109

16w↑2

Steve, you might think this is the middle of nowhere, but from a guy in the Midwest that follows your adventures, the scenery, to me, is spectacular! And thanks to the comments that explain what the circle represents!

@gloriataruc8371

21w↑11

Thank you for the history of the giant thermometer! I’ve had my pictures taken a few times throughout the years but not knowing the history behind it!🙏🙏🙏! Keep informing!

@hazcat640

21w↑3

Steve, You're not crazy, you're curious. And we appreciate it! 👍

@kurtgally526

21w↑2

Thank you for taking the time to drive all the way around to check this place out.

@petehealy9819

21w↑84

I'm purposely not reading other comments before I offer this one, Steve, because you've blown me away again. From your down-to-earth narration to your choice of music to your editing, your videos are fascinating and contemplative in a way I see nowhere else. So amazing! Thank you - and now I'll read those comments from other fans of Sidetrack Adventures!

@georgehernandez9420

21w↑3

I agree

@sidnzrael2433

21w↑3

Gave a thumbs-up, from New Zealand.

@justayoutuber1906

21w

But it misses the whole point - it doesn't answer the question!

@senthilnathanviswanathan4924

19w

nice

@UniusPoenitentis

21w↑20

Hey, thanks for this adventure, Steve! Gotta love the Mojave Desert. I'm very familiar with Baker and the famous thermometer there. Boy does it get hot there in the summer! I enjoyed learning about Evelyn and I thank the viewers who had some knowledge of the circle road there. Thanks again Steve for taking us along!

@HumbleAshe

21w↑46

The desert always seems to be a strange but quirky place with weird places like this. Sometimes cool, sometimes unusual or unnerving, but all interesting.

@ChrisW-17

21w↑2

Couldn't agree more!

@SidetrackAdventures

21w↑13

There is no shortage of weird places in the desert for sure.

@ChrisW-17

21w↑3

@@SidetrackAdventures And not just places, but interesting and quirky people as well!

@larryhernandez76

21w↑3

The desert 🌵 is just like meditation 🧘‍♀️
One has to look closely to see it’s beauty. . . . . . .

@cecilboatwright3555

BOY, you make me MISS THE DESERT!!!! ❤ ....and it NEVER ceases to amaze me how much STUFF has been abandoned out there!!!

@SpanishEclectic

21w↑4

I like that you just took a chance on this adventure. Thanks for checking it out. Glad "Shoshone Jim" could solve the mystery for us. I do wonder if the restaurant owner really thought he'd break even after spending $700,000 on that big thermometer. I suspect he just wanted to build it, like so many other desert people who get an idea and want to 'GO BIG'.

@Neil-ru7kw

21w↑6

Anyone with a c.b. radio could contact BunBoy and place an order , mainly truckers . They always had strawberry pie ! 👍👍👍👍👍

@GringoLoco1

21w↑8

I'm told if you drive the circle counterclockwise 3x at precisely 88 mph you'll go back to the future! 🤪😉

@heyoldman2003

21w↑1

i was told to do it in reverse to make sure it works 👍🏼

@RobRoy2012

21w↑1

Fascinating video, Steve. You certainly find some interesting and quirky places to visit. Very enjoyable and much appreciated.

@plantfeeder6677

20w↑1

Thank you for if nothing else your highlighting the history of the Baker thermometer. Iconic is the only word I can use to describe it.

@dennisk5818

20w↑13

This is awesome. I just booked a 7 day, 6 night vacation to Evelyn, CA, to see all the sights. 🤨
It's interesting to see the remains of places and try to establish a history around them. I see this a lot here on the East coast.

@SidetrackAdventures

20w↑10

Not sure a week is enough time to take in all Evelyn has to offer.

@pamostman516

11w

🤣🤣🤣

@louispaparella5766

I spent a week there, one night!

@kevinmshort

21w↑11

Steve, here's an idea for you that doesn't require you drive hundreds of miles: Mt. Calavera is an ancient volcano located in Carlsbad (CA, not N.M.!) nr. Cannon Road. I saw a local geologist's YouTube video on this a year or two ago, and if you can find that he makes interesting explanations of the different rock formations there. If nothing else it makes for a decent hike. Keep up the good work sir!

@foxykc

18w

It's a very popular hiking destination Been to the top of it many times.

@skcyclist

21w↑1

Blessings Jim, I'm 80, so just a kid compared to you😂. Very grateful for your information.

@danielevans4884

21w↑4

Video thank you Steve for the video was very informative and fun

@SidetrackAdventures

21w

Glad you enjoyed it

@jerroldkazynski5480

21w↑17

That circle was used by the horse-drawn wagon teamsters to practice drifting, back in the day. After it was paved, the steel wagon wheel tires got worn out too quickly, so the sport died out.

Thanks Steve, for another great side trip!

@emt0199419

19w↑1

Occasionally, the algorithm treats me well. Instant sub, my man, and I'm gonna start tearing through your other videos. I'm leaving on a motorcycle trip in a week, headed south on the NV BDR to AZ/CA/UT for a few weeks, and I'm looking for exactly these sort of relics. It's clear your videos resonate with a wide variety of folks, and the stories of those who get nostalgia or have emotional ties to these places are incredible. You're doing something truly special here!

@dankaufman5594

16w↑2

Greetings. Another excellent side track adventure. From the comments we learned something about a spot we have passed by so many times. Just to add a little side track, there is a train crash site about three miles south of Evelyn siding and a couple miles north of Shoshone on the eastside. There is a short dirt road and a horizontal cut in the low foothills to the east as the only markers. August 9, 1908 a Tonopah & Tidewater steam engine #13 crashed, killing three, during heavy rain and flooding. We found metal pieces, boiler bolts, and old glass from the engine. When you look to the west you can match the foothills in the picture. We wondered if they topped off with water at Evelyn. Found in (maybe at the museum as well) Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California, pp. 570-71, by DF Myrick. There's also camel and Mammoth tracks in the town of Shoshone. China Ranch is nearby and a really nice spot especially if you love dates. Keep up the good work and interesting videos.

@Sam97979

21w↑79

I think the circle may have been a training spot for the highway boys to practice laying down lane paint, or for testing different types of paint to find the best one to use in the area. That would explain all the random lines painted all over it. I'm sure there was more paint in the past, but it's eroded since then.

@jp31795

21w↑1

This was my thought as well

@SidetrackAdventures

21w↑20

I thought about that too, and I wouldn't be surprised if that was it, but why build this so far from anything else? You'd think they'd want to do their training closer to where they keep their equipment.

@jp31795

21w↑6

@@SidetrackAdventures Just a thought-- around 9:43 in the video, left side of the screen and west side of the circle, that sandy clearing looks to me like there might have been a small building there at one point. Perhaps the DOT had a small garage/building/outpost there?

@ginoperretta373

21w↑9

the highway dept. probably wanted a out of the way location so local nitwits would not vandalize the experimental materials and ruin the tests

@heyoldman2003

21w↑3

thank you Steve . oh how i wish i was in that neighbor. i love that warm California sunshine 😎. and how cool to take us up to the “ high ground “ man .., what a view 😎 thanks again. your doing good 👍🏼

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@RetroRobbin59

21w↑4

Thanks for adventuring Steve! Even if it was to nowhereland 😂
We stopped and ate at Bun Boy for years onour way to Vegas. Good memories.

@dynoreed7235

20w↑2

I enjoyed this video and people's comments about their memories and theories. Very mysterious indeed. All the best to everyone.

@ScottDLR

21w

Good trip. Steve. Thanks for taking us along.

@osiner4

21w↑4

Another banger video, Steve

@SidetrackAdventures

21w↑1

Thank you.

@funzeevanzee

21w↑7

You could check with county records or ask the county Professional Land Surveyor.

@SidetrackAdventures

21w↑4

That eliminates half the fun!

@funzeevanzee

21w↑1

@@SidetrackAdventures 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 true

@kathreensmith1421

17w

I'm originally from Santa Ana, California and I didn't know half the history you are teaching me now. Thank you. I live in Oklahoma now

@gusrubio489

21w

Loved it! These videos are a rabbit hole of things to go look up and marvel at!

@stevenwalls6366

21w↑4

This awesome vid comes under the category of, it’s not the destination that counts as much as the journey getting there! Kind of like life itself.

@chrismccall2122

21w↑6

It’s pretty simple to surmise what it is…

It’s The Circle of Life!

Or The Circle of Death….Valley?

Now I’m not sure! 😅

@SidetrackAdventures

21w↑2

Hakuna matata!

@sandyfields9933

This video is so good. Great choice of music & just the perfect amount if silent rolling & observing 🤗

@mikewhitt4602

21w

One of your best videos Steve! Keep up the great work.

@michaelsimonds2632

21w↑3

Fascinating. There is an awful lot of "nothing" out there, and it's important acreage even so. Thanks for going out of your way! Now I don't have to go there. :)

@pigeonpallz1733

21w↑3

I enjoy your videos thank you

@donalddodson7365

21w↑1

Thanks, Steve. Always enjoy your presentations. You have a gift.

@SidetrackAdventures

21w

Thank you very much, I really appreciate this.

@garthbutton699

21w

Your curiosity really got the best of you,thanks for going the extra "mile"🤗😎🤗😎

@paul9156c

21w↑5

Pipe is probably a water well, circle is where the water storage tank once sat on elevated ground. Would be my only guess.

@shenderson2484

21w↑12

Looking at Google Earth there is another area on the same side of the highway about a mile south where you can see two perfect half circles on top of the hill and evidence that the area was bulldozed, the mystery deepens.

@lovebaja

21w↑1

I can’t find additional circles a mile South. More info?

@monas.6839

21w

@@lovebaja Paste this into Google maps: 5J2J+QXR Evelyn, California…just a wild guess, but the other 2 circles resemble perhaps old, dead volcanoes.

@ladyjedi3D

21w

I really enjoy your channel! Always something interesting and memorable. Thank you for this video! Pretty cool even though it’s simple. Found it so interesting regardless.

@oldgandy5355

21w↑3

My first thought was an old gravel pile used in construction and maintenance of 127. I considered the possibility of a railroad turn table for turning locomotives around, but the lack of historical artifacts (aka junk) suppressed that idea. Then I read the comments. I remembered when I was in my Single Digit Years, the local city street department used the street beside the back of the Elementary School I attended to mix their asphalt for street repairs. They would close the street for a day or two every month and lay down gravel, oil it and mix with a grader. I think several of the comments here are dead on. Good report.

@SoloPilot6

21w↑4

It's a CalTrans testing area. They picked it because it's not going to be disturbed, and because of the wide temperature swings in summer and winter. Materials and paint are put down then periodically checked for deterioration.

@MySteamChannel

20w↑2

Dear Steve, i love all your video's and especially the rail related ones. It's also just nice to see all that amazing desert scenery. very best regards from South Australia.

@SidetrackAdventures

20w

Glad you like them!

@SunLightFawn

20w↑1

Really interesting, and the "lone beer can" is an antique!! ;-)

@procabAD

21w↑5

Evelyn California, site of the first traffic circle in the western hemisphere!

@SidetrackAdventures

21w↑1

Truly a historic site!

@28Josereyes

21w↑4

Interesting video Steve. I have a theory about that circle ⭕️ I think the California Department of Transportation used or uses it to test and adjust the “striper” (the vehicles use to paint the highway lane lines). They might have designed the circle adjacent to the highway to use it as a test area where they can adjust or regulate the painting machinery in the striper. That’s the reason of the lines painted on the circle they’re just tests done by the striper to make sure it is well adjusted and working properly before they start painting the lines of the highways.

@G3n3ralN0ns3ns3

21w

The DEFINITION of a Side Track Adventure. Great job! Still a fun video and it looks to have been a cool adventure for ya'll!

@Skyfire_The_Goth

20w↑1

I'm a huge railroad fan and model railroader, as such I've read a lot of books and magazines about railroads. If memory serves, Evelyn was founded about 1905, incorporated in 1907, abandoned in the 1940s, the center of the circle was a park area, the raised flat part in the center of the circle was flattened to make a picnic area with a stone statue of Mr. and Mrs. Smith in the middle. Looking at the satellite images of the area you can see the remnants of old road system, even some of old highway/towns main street, still paved, with the white dashed lines still on it to the east of 127, there are faint lines that show where some of the old roads were, even the one that went across the main street and curved to go to the circle and on the southwest of the circle you can see the remnants of the road that went away from the circle and town. In the 1970s CADOT started using the circle to store, maintain, and resupply their equipment when repairing/maintaining that section of 127, the lines are part of that, they would clean and test the painting equipment by painting lines on the circle. Unfortunately a lot of info about lesser known stuff like Evelyn just isn't on the internet and can still only be found in books, if I had the books or knew what ones to look for I'd point people in that direction, but sadly, the books and magazines I read were library books and magazines, so I do not have them, and I can't remember the titles of all the books I've read about it over my 46 years of life.

@susanphoenix74

21w↑28

I love your videos. And I hope you take them to the next level by looking beyond Google as a source, such as interviewing locals, local history books in libraries etc. You could start with people in diners, post offices etc. Thanks for your work! ❤

@chaos88

11w↑5

Wonderhussy Adventures added to this story.

@SidetrackAdventures

11w↑2

Pretty cool. I watched her video a few minutes ago. It's funny to think how this place was largely forgotten for years and is now getting all of this attention.

@TheSmokie55

21w↑2

Love your adventures an this one is right up my alley. i love it when people find anomalies that are seemingly unexplainable. Hell I dont know what it is, dont care. But it makes it fun to see and imagine all the possibilities and theories. I been watching videos for awhile. TODAY I subscribed and liked. Good work.

@robertfritz9916

21w

Another great adventure! Sometimes you just have to pleased wit a mystery. Thanks for the video.

@sjs1965442

21w↑3

Very strange but interesting

@vladimirchernov5866

21w↑6

Is it a semi truck turn around? Yeah, so the trucks can turn around without driving to the next town. Another of the mining trucks run two trailers. Anywhere else to turn around? Or a place they would be going currently?

@admiralnelson4225

21w

I doubt it. It has a dirt patch before it gets to the circle

@SidetrackAdventures

21w↑2

Its possible but I'm not sure there would be enough trucks turning around out there to need something so big.

@milt6208

21w

Steve thank you for this story. I have been by that place many times and never knew it was there. As about 99% of the interesting things out there. Always enjoy your adventures.

@Katy-Did

21w

Great video! Thanks for filming this.

@avnostlga

21w↑4

It could be a grift? Re-establish a town on paper to gain state funding for road maintenance. Pave a circle, paint a few lines and pocket the rest.

@SidetrackAdventures

21w↑8

This is also a likely guess. I wouldn't be surprised if they had some extra road money left over and instead of giving it back they made this circle.

@confuseatronica

21w↑3

i didn't realize the SOUTH road to Death Valley was still closed- I thought it was going to be the north west and east roads that would be hardest to fix. I guess its because its the lowest flattest route, it got more washouts

@SidetrackAdventures

21w↑1

I cut through Death Valley the next day to get to Highway 395 and can confirm the other roads were open.

@dsrtdwg1501

21w

Your vids are always fun and I look forward to seeing them every Wednesday

@phydeux

20w

I knew what it was as soon as I saw the lane lines. There are 3 hints to it's purpose. 1) The paving is an inconsistent patchwork. 2) The lane lines are all over the place and don't follow the path of the circle. 3) The piles along the edge look to be assortments of gravel, asphalt, and other road-making materials. This told me it was a test track of some sort before I scrolled down to Jim's excellent explanation.

@timmyvarvel9196

21w↑3

It looks like theres some pretty extensive earth works both in the center and in a larger circle around the paved circle. Possibly for drainage? I wonder if this was some kind of railroad infrastructure at one point that got repurposed as a truck turnaround. Maybe there was small trains or vehicles with multiple trailers that needed a turnaround and offloading location

@SidetrackAdventures

21w↑1

I wondered if maybe mine equipment was off loaded there.

@humunguswarrior

21w↑3

My dad used to haul asphalt and aggregates out of in San Bernardino county. He said that circle was so the trucks could bottom dump their loads and save it in large quantities so that when road construction occurred they would lessen their time on lane closures, since they didn't have to wait for the trucks to bring it from far away. He thinks it was made in a circle because a parallel strip of road, which is more common for such activities, would of been at greater risk of washout and damage whereas the circle was on a more secure bit of land and water could be diverted around it easier.

@abelincoln5000

21w

Great video, as always. Thank you.

@JefferyPierce

21w↑2

Your trip was not a waste of time. I'm pretty sure I'll never visit this place and I'm glad you did so that I can cross it off my virtual visit list.😅

@Yormsane

21w↑3

Wondering if this circle started out as a navigation marker for the Air Force, like those giant arrows in the AZ desert? Maybe later, it was paved and used by CalTrans to park highway maintenance vehicles during works in this far-flung corner of CA.

@strangerous1313

21w↑4

Those arrows were not for the Air Force. They were for postal aircraft.

@77Sunsetstrip

21w↑3

Need to take a metal detector next time. Bet there is treasure.

@enriquelandaf

Thank you very much Steve.
For these videos, that remind me of so much my childhood.
Of Southern California and the rest of that area Nevada, Arizona
and by inplication Baja Cal Mex. my Origanl Turf.

@maryuline2585

21w

Surprising and interesting as usual. Thank you!!

@ghodgeco

21w↑3

I'm thinking it was a roundhouse for the railroad to turn locomotives around. Who knows??

@whatchme-F-thisup

21w↑4

Maybe you should've stopped by Shoshone and asked some of the locals if they know anything.

@rogerk1710

21w

You find the craziest spots to visit Steve. Thanks!

@axerxes3981

21w

Thanks for sharing. I appreciate you curiosity very much. Best wishes.... Ax

@mozart2jazz

21w↑3

Hey, Steve, a question for you (that I'll bet you've already been asked, and have answered before):
What drone do you use? I'm always impressed with the quality of the footage you post using it. Thanks!

@SidetrackAdventures

21w↑3

I'm using a DJI Mini 3 Pro.

@user-db5qd3wd6z

21w↑5

CIA, aliens and Bigfoot, yeah, I think you got it spot on there. Great video Steve.👍

@SidetrackAdventures

21w↑1

Its the most likely explanation.

@alanbeckham9093

That pedal steel guitar music is GREAT!!! Thanks!!!

@triggerMB

20w

Great video. Beautiful scenery

@cheycasters

21w↑3

Old Race track???? 🎸

@dezertraider

21w↑3

WOW,,A SECRET HIGHWAY PROJECT TO SKIM MONEY OFF TAXPAYERS?
THAT WAS GREAT AND YOU WILL HAVE ME GUESSING FOR MANY WEEKS..
SAFE TRAVELS STEVE,THANK YOU

@SidetrackAdventures

21w↑2

I wouldn't be surprised if it was a grift of some sort, or they had extra road money left over and rather than give it back they made this.

@heyoldman2003

21w↑1

i think they call them “ Pork Barrell projects” everyone get a taste 😃

@nickmorrow3829

20w

Thanks for showing else the circle and as usual one of your subscribers new the history. So kool. I road by this on my motorcycle and wondered what the heck it was.

@user-qf1it8jc9y

21w↑2

Another place that I have driven by many times but I have never even seen. Two guesses, 1) Used by Caltrans or the county for road maintenance uses. 2) Used by the military as a way to calibrate airborne cameras both high and low altitude. This area is directly under the military low altitude corridor between Edwards and Nellis that is used for training. Back in the day they used known targets of known size to train photo readers on how to figure out actual sizes from high speed cameras flown over targets. There are plenty of areas out in the California and Nevada deserts that were used back in the day. Of interest to note, there is a SR-71 crash site just a mile outside of Shoshone and a RF-4 crash site near Death Valley Junction, both camera carrying aircraft. Just a thought! Thanks Steve for another great episode!

@TheStuport

21w↑3

I could not wait to see and read the comments from The Loyal Sidetrack Adventures Posse about Evelyn's Circle! 😂 So many different avenues "to drive on" in determining the actual intent of this yellow lined circle. I myself am going dizzy as my mind races around in circles as to the answer!🤣 My Uncle Jack from Corona Del Mar shared a story about The Baker Thermometer when I was a kid while he was taking the Temperature of his pet Poodle, Mr. Cuddles! This really happened because his wife (Aunt Laura) was laughing and telling him to stop. One of the Best memories as a squirt that years later I so very much appreciate! Every Trip with you Steve and Family is A Keeper! Cheers and Blessings From COW-lumbus, Ohio MOO 👋