Places Metaforest Wants to Go

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.

The former home of a disgraced local priest now hosts a mysterious secret supper club.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

Abandoned for 60 years, this submerged bridge was completely forgotten until the lake was drained.

Winter weather reveals a large Italian marble crucifix drowned beneath Lake Michigan.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.