Californian who spends his time looking for abandoned cars online found a whole vintage car graveyard on Google Earth

This Californian spends a lot of time looking at abandoned cars online – and it’s paid off because he just found a car graveyard on Google Earth.

TikToker desertadventures_ is a self described ‘abandoned car explorer’ and has uncovered more than 4,000 across the US since 2015.

His most recent discovery is particularly impressive, as he found a vintage car graveyard tucked away in the hills.

There’s a reason this spot’s likely been missed in other searches too.

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What this TikToker found on Google Earth

As you might expect, the images aren’t the clearest when first viewed on Google Earth.

As impressive as the app is, it has its limitations.

Not that people haven’t found seriously cool stuff on there before.

One content creator even came across two abandoned jet fighters whilst scrolling through the app.

Still, it’s commendable to find anything interesting on Google Earth as it requires both a good eye and lots of patience.

In this case, the TikToker found a bunch of deserted cars rusting away in the Californian hills.

@desertadventures_ found a vintage car graveyard on google earth, lets go check it #djidrone #vintages #fyp #adventures #mystery #tiktokchallenge #djidrone #trending #abandonedplaces #vira|#stolencar ♬ One by Metallica – Chingis

On Google, they looked a little blocky.

So he sent in his trusty drone to get some clearer shots.

The cars are in a pretty sorry state, and their paint jobs all but gone.

Many are lying on their sides or have damaged parts, almost as if they veered off the road and crashed into their resting spot.

The more likely explanation is that they were already damaged before they got dumped.

It’s hard to tell exactly what models are residing in these hills, but one thing is for certain.

Getting these cars suitable for the roads again would take some Herculean effort – or a miracle.

What else has this Californian content creator found?

This TikToker has turned a hobby into a small slice of investigative journalism and even detective work.

In cases where he can find cars with identifiable information, such as a license plate, he will report them to the authorities.

This sometimes leads to missing people being located.

His followers have been impressed with his skills, with one even commenting: “Bro got Google Earth premium!”

Google Earth will continue to play host to lots of awesome stuff – whilst the majority of us just use it to look at our house.

One noteworthy example was the guy who claimed to have found evidence of a ‘nuke town’ near Area 51.

As if the conspiracy theorists didn’t have enough material to work with.

To see more of his content, you can head over to his TikTok page.