About an hour from Los Angeles, home to an endlessly vibrant neighbor that's a bibliophile's dream come true, is a little-known town whose desert landscape has appeared in over 200 movies and TV shows ...

As far as the city’s outer limits go, Vasquez Rocks is the only spot that’s hosted Zanti ant men, John Carter’s lumbering Thoats, and a reptilian Gorn slain by Captain Kirk. With its unearthly scenery ...