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Main nave of Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús.

Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús

It took 160 years to complete the most ornate church in Ecuador.

Thomas and Mary Howard.

Rudbaxton, Wales

Church of St. Michael

Eerily lifelike effigies stare at everyone who enters this sanctuary.

The portrait.

Shrine of St. Thaddaeus

Hundreds of notes give thanks to the patron saint of lost causes.

Detail of the "bad angels"

Talaván, Spain

Hermitage of Santo Cristo

Disturbing winged beings decorate the walls of this strange abandoned hermitage.

The bar in the gallery (Sundbybergs köksbryggeri).

Stockholm, Sweden

Omnipollo's Church

Located in an old church, this brewery produces a different kind of holy water.

Skull and crossbones memento mori.

London, England

St. Nicholas Church Memento Mori

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

The church.

Karpacz, Poland

Vang Stave Church

This fairytale medieval church in Poland originally spent centuries in Norway.

Plana's Perpetual Calendar.

Plana's Perpetual Calendar

A landmark in the history of technology and computing is hidden in a tiny Baroque chapel.

Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Brewers’ and Bakers’ Guild Windows at Freiburg Münster

This medieval cathedral houses stained-glass windows featuring saints and pretzels.

The church.

Skrzyńsko, Poland

Skrzyńsko Parish Church

Legend says a giant, venomous spider once dwelled within this Polish church.

St. Sophia, side view.

Polotsk, Belarus

St. Sophia's Cathedral

Though it was heavily modified, fragments of the original medieval cathedral still survive.

Gnomon of Saint-Sulpice

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

Interior of the Sedlec Ossuary.

Czechia’s ‘Bone Church’ Is Getting a Good, Thorough Cleaning

A team of experts will be restoring four decorative pyramids, made of human remains.

Jonathan Carey February 26, 2019

Dozens of people zip around the rink with smiles on their faces, dancing to Michael Jackson.

At the Church of 8 Wheels, Roller-Skating Fans' Prayers Have Been Answered

This former house of worship in San Francisco is now a hotspot for skaters of all ages.

Santi Elijah Holley February 25, 2019

Church of 8 Wheels.

San Francisco, California

Church of 8 Wheels

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

Round Church of Geoagiu.

Geoagiu, Romania

Round Church of Geoagiu

This 11th-century structure is one of the oldest churches in Romania.

The Daraga Church was built in the Philippines by the Franciscans in the 1770s.

How Building Churches Out of Egg Whites Transformed Filipino Desserts

What else are you going to do with all those yolks?

Richard Collett February 22, 2019

The murals on the open chapel.

Actopan, Mexico

Open Chapel Murals of Actopan

These nearly 500-year-old scenes are largely faded by the ravages of time, yet still maintain their power to horrify.