Places paleasfunk Wants to Go

Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.

This old estate is a remnant of when the Bronx was a popular summer destination for wealthy New Yorkers.

A basement pool hall is the front for some of the best Dominican food in New York City.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

Offbeat arts organization that hosts exhibitions, events, and explorations.

Snack on a partially gestated duck egg.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.