If driving on the 405 at rush hour isn’t "Mad Max" enough for you, then we’ve got a party at the end of the world that might catch your eye.

Thousands of people will descend on the Mojave Desert on Sept. 24 for the annual Wasteland Weekend , a five-day bash inspired by post-apocalyptic franchises like "Mad Max" and "Fallout."

What started 15 years ago as a group of "Mad Max" fans looking to hang out has grown into an intensely immersive destination for people from around the world. Like Burning Man, this festival takes place on a barren landscape. But Wasteland Weekenders go all-in on creating another world.

Think weathered metal shanties, tattered costumes with lots of spikes and tons of souped-up rust buckets.

“We create our own city for five days and then it goes back to empty

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