Churches

On high feast days, the entire blue-glass front of this modern church opens up to reveal the small wooden church inside.

Now in ruins, this abbey was the home of Tironensian monks for more than 400 years.

On top of a hill, this Catholic church overlooks the most Catholic island in Greece.

One of the oldest hospitals in the Americas is now decorated in hallucinatory murals.

Considered one of the oldest surviving churches in Goa.

Was the twisted roof on this church's belltower an intentional design or a happy accident?

This remote church calls a tiny island its sanctuary.

It's believed that this small church was connected to the Hagia Sophia via a secret tunnel.

This stone spire holds a unique place in the region's history.

A devasting 2020 fire left this historic seminary in ruins.

The ruins of a small church belonging to a powerful Scottish family still hold the remains of its patriarch.

This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.

The Siege of Naarden ended in 1814, but the cannonballs embedded in the town church remain.

A gorgeous example of 13th-century Gothic architecture.

Past the hills and beyond the graveyard, this church feels extremely out of place.

This church doubles a museum dedicated to Norwegian heritage.

This church is said to have connections to the Knights Templars.