Places Metaforest Wants to Go

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.