Places paleasfunk Wants to Go

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

Banished from town, this local jester concocted a clever return.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

An unassuming corner inside downtown Orlando's library offers a whole new world of the park and its history.

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

A massive concentration of algae is responsible for this lake's pink hue.

The red crab exhibits one of the most spectacular migrations on earth, despite manmade obstacles.

This shrine to film's most iconic wasteland wanderer is located in the very outback where the movies were shot.

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.