Joshua Tree

This gleaming oval, near the edge of the town of Joshua Tree, is part of the High Desert Test Sites artworks. (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)

By Carolyn Kellogg

Feb. 2, 2015 3:36 PM PT

A look at Joshua Tree.

A pair of climbers boulder around the rocks in Joshua Tree National Park. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

The Integratron, a white dome in Landers, was built as a tool for contacting space aliens but has become popular lately with musicians and others who like the acoustics within the dome. (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)

Yoga and meditation at 2014’s Bhakti Fest, held each year in Joshua Tree. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

A Joshua tree is silhouetted against the clouds. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Over the last 20 years, the city of Twentynine Palms has built a collection of historic murals on its walls. (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times)

Driving through Joshua Tree National Park. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

A boy leaps from rock to rock in Joshua Tree National Park. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

The Station, a shop and gallery in Joshua Tree, was a Richfield Oil garage. It dates from 1946. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Hanging in the Station, a stained glass eye by co-founder Steve Hatlerman. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A moonlit night in Joshua Tree National Park. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Carolyn Kellogg

Carolyn Kellogg is a prize-winning writer who served as Books editor of the Los Angeles Times for three years. She joined the L.A. Times in 2010 as staff writer in Books and left in 2018. In 2019, she was a judge of the National Book Award in Nonfiction. Prior to coming to The Times, Kellogg was editor of LAist.com and the web editor of the public radio show Marketplace. She has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Pittsburgh and a BA in English from the University of Southern California.