Churches

The preserved left hand of a saint once known as "the Pearl of York."

The ruins of a 16th-century Spanish convent tell a forgotten history.

The door of St. Lawrence’s Church features small scars from a battle that took place nearly 400 years ago.

The oldest church in Inverness witnessed the brutal executions of many Scottish soldiers.

A small cemetery chapel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1906.

Once considered one of the three great Augustinian churches in the Iberian world.

Edinburgh’s version of the Sistine Chapel is this former church, with an interior covered in paintings done by one woman over the course of nearly a decade.

This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.

After this historic church was destroyed by World War II bombing, its blackened shell was left standing as a monument.

Organisms normally seen under a microscope decorate this church.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

A steeple in the shape of a golden hand pointing straight up commemorates Zebulun Butler, the first full-time pastor of this Mississippi church.

A stained-glass window from the 15th century offers a vision of the end of the world.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

The remains of St. Lucius of Chur were said to be kept in this crypt for several centuries.

Inside the simple black-and-white exterior of Église Sainte-Cécile hides a pastel wonderland.

The true beauty of this church is showcased in the hand-painted stencils across the ceiling.