Places postmasjoerd Wants to Go

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

One of the best-preserved modern fortresses was part of a pivotal moment in the Italian Risorgimento.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

Abbey built on the ruins of Roman catacombs.

This quaint river crossing is the last car-suitable wooden bridge in the Swiss canton of Valais.

An oversized, oddly designed pedestrian overpass has drawn comparisons to a commode for pachyderms.