Places paleasfunk Wants to Go

This redwood is a historic landmark, a town’s namesake, and the dancing sideline symbol of Stanford University.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.

The medieval "Bearded Man" relief still serves as a clever flood warning marker.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

This tower is one of the best-preserved (and least-visited) remnants of medieval Paris.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.

Art and a pun, all in one.