Places Joel Cusumano Wants to Go

Visit this church that's shaped like a giant glass pump either to cater to women or to reference a tragic local tale. Or both.

The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

Every Easter, a small Sicilian town builds a stunning cathedral out of bread.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

This quaint mortuary chapel hides a stunning Celtic Revival and Art Nouveau interior.

Britain's tallest megalith towers over the cemetery of a quiet English village.

A fresco in this magnificent palace is said to have been the first depiction of the Taj Mahal's design.

These beautiful historic watchtowers were used for both scanning the desert for enemy invaders and observing the celestial world.

What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

This stunning 15th-century royal hill fort preserves the age of chivalry in Rajasthan.

The surviving pieces of an ancient aqueduct that may have fed into the lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

An imposing Omani fortress surrounded by date palm trees.

This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.

The remains of the oldest synagogue in Britain lay forgotten for seven centuries, hidden under a humble shop.

A city built from mud and known as the "Manhattan of the desert."

Elaborate patterns adorn the city's disappearing traditional architecture.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.

An abandoned shopping gallery built during Fascist Italy tucked in the center of Palermo.

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.