Places Tiffany Funk Wants to Go

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

More than 12,000 years ago, this park was a playground for mastodons.

Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.

The eccentric and colorful pavilions of Tower Grove park are a beloved and overlooked symbol. 

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

In a historic steel foundry east of the Mississippi River, thousands of wooden crates hold the architectural remnants of buildings long gone but not forgotten.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.

This collection of bronze hands comes from astronauts, presidents, baseball greats, and more.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.