Places Metaforest Wants to Go

Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

The smallest country in the world.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

The Wonder Road aka Doobie Lane, a mile-long strip of dirt road filled with folk art.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.