The St. Joseph's Church in Palūšė with a bell tower is one of the most valuable and oldest wooden folk architecture ensembles, standing in a place of exceptional beauty – on a high hill by Lake Lūšiai. The Palūšė church was built with the funds of priest Juozapas Stockis-Bazilevskis. Construction took place from 1747 to 1757. The church is an example of folk wooden Baroque architecture. It is said to have been built only with axes, and wooden pegs were used instead of metal nails.

In the year 1800, an octagonal bell tower was erected next to the temple's fence, the only one of its kind in Lithuania, resembling in its form the watchtower of old Lithuanian wooden castles. Together with the church, it forms a coherent and harmonious ensemble. The church has a three-naved hall structure. The wide central nave is extended by a lower-roofed short presbytery with a triple apse. According to Dr. Algė Jankevičienė, a researcher of Lithuanian wooden churches and chapels, such lower-roofed presbyteries in Lithuanian wooden churches are very rare. Priest J. Stockis-Bazilevskis named Palūšė's wooden church in honor of his patron, St. Joseph. It is believed that the founder is buried in front of the central altar. The church was renovated between 1815 and 1830 and covered with planks in 1841. The interior was renewed between 1886 and 1894, with the interior painted and a large altar built. In the center of the church's gabled roof stands a larger turret, and above the entrance, a smaller one, both adorned with latticework crosses. The walls are vertically clad with planks, separated by rectangular windows of various sizes.

A stone inscription above the door welcomes the faithful who climb the stone stairs: "Enter good, leave better." The church has flat wooden ceilings. The walls are not clad with paneling, allowing us to see the old construction technique. A trapezoidal triumphal arch separates the presbytery from the nave. The interior is adorned with three neo-baroque altars decorated with wooden carvings. They were built at the end of the 19th century. The presbytery was once painted, but uncovering the painting is expensive, so for now, we can only see fragments of this artwork. The painting of the old baroque high altar "St. Joseph" has been preserved. The church also houses other artworks and paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries.