Places paleasfunk Wants to Go

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

A Buddhist temple covered in intricate designs and carvings made out of seashells and pieces of coral.

This storied music venue was once a tavern that housed an Italian Anarchist book club and prohibition parties; today it's a community space for artists and musicians.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

A piece of solitude and tranquility in the heart of East Saint Paul.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.