Places Metaforest Wants to Go

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

Outsider art or homage to aliens?

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

A celebration of once forgotten materials.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.