Seekers of all stripes have been coming to Giant Rock, in the Mojave Desert just north of Landers, for a very long time. “I ...

For others, it's a gathering spot to camp, climb, off-road or party. On a recent afternoon, the aptly named Giant Rock is the first stop on a tour from a UFO convention whose guides tout it as the ...

This story appears in the January 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. “Do you mind if I look around?” Alex asks the villagers. We’re standing with a group of fishermen in front of a ...

As the sun slowly dipped behind the San Jacinto Mountains and a calm fell upon the desert, a long green alien lounged across a black truck in the packed parking lot. Inside the Renaissance ...

The rubble slick went as far as we could see: Sailors The Australian couple sailing across the Pacific were the first to notice the giant rock on August 9. "We entered a total rock rubble slick ...

when European explorer William Gosse came across the giant rock in the middle of the desert, he named it after the chief secretary of South Australia at the time, Henry Ayers, who is my great ...