Places Added by Max Cortesi

The roofless ruins of a church surrounded by acres of bucolic farmland.

A reconstituted ancestral village of the Huron-Wendat Nation.

Little remains of the once flourishing Asbestos' asbestos mine.

Jesus turns into vines inside this chapel.

This house certainly has a unique decor.

This enigmatic piece of art is a mnemonic device from the early Renaissance.

Statues portraying anatomical deformities were placed in this garden to foster ethical behavior.

The house where Harlequin was born.

A giant owl named Rocco oversees mythical woodland creatures along these charming mountain trails.

This house is adorned with a serenade macabre from the Counter-Reformation period.

This decaying complex from the early 1900s was once the site of massive iron and fluorite mines.

An eclectic collection of highly specialized bicycles once used by artisans for their specific needs.

A prehistoric route that has claimed many victims is now closed to traffic.

Six paintings reminding you that death is integral part of everyday life.

If you ever wanted to touch a medieval mercenary’s three testicles, look no further.

A museum entirely dedicated to the evolution of mining lamps.

A museum entirely dedicated to Bergamo’s tradition of puppetry.

Five painted skeletons are hiding behind a church in this tiny village in the Italian Alps.

This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.

An amalgam of precariously balanced boulders, ancient petroglyphs, and Buddhist shrines.

At this ancient settlement at the foot of Mount Babadağ, honeycomb tombs are carved into a round cliff.

The remains of a former colonial fort on a stretch of beach that is occasionally visited by crocodiles.

One of Indonesia's tallest, this waterfall takes a 390-foot plunge into the Lake Toba caldera.

This church houses the tomb—but not the remains—of St. Nicholas, the likely progenitor to Santa Claus.