Places paleasfunk Wants to Go

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Every winter, dozens of otherworldly ice structures sprout up from a rigged up artesian well.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

This vintage train once gave new meaning to “swimming upstream.”

Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

This little theatre at the end of the Urban Gallery in the Manitoba Museum plays silent films from stars who performed in Winnipeg.

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

Home of a French nobleman's short-lived attempt at raising cattle in the Badlands of North Dakota.

This museum is a full-size replica of an original church constructed during the 13th-century.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

The oldest extant wooden jail in South Dakota and possibly the United States. 

At the turn of the 20th century, the Minnehaha County courthouse played host to sensational public divorce trials.

A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.

These cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.

One devoted couple has donated multiple recreations of Michelangelo's sculptures to this South Dakota town.

Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."