Places paleasfunk Wants to Go

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

Enjoy a brandy old fashioned with this petrified pet in a bar devoted to the local press.

The last original miniature duckpin bowling lanes in America, located in a Milwaukee dive bar.

What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.

This statue of Snoopy on vacation is just outside the kids area at Minneapolis Saint Paul International was one of a series of 101 Snoopy statues created in 2000.

This unusual public park, which contains an eclectic mix of industrial remains from the 19th century, originated as an archaeological dig in the 1980s.

This collection is the largest in the world dedicated to Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.

Picture yourself in history with this working collection of vintage photobooths.

This theater opened in 1998, but both the building and the puppeteers who perform there have a distinguished history.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

A hidden Brooklyn basement gallery where two biologists nurture one of the Northeast’s rarest and most vibrant reptile collections.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.