Churches

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

These medieval monastery ruins are surprisingly overlooked by most tourists.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

After four years of grasshopper plagues, this chapel was erected as a plea to God to make them end.

A curious carving hides on a marble column in the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

The four tall pillars once marked the entrance of the historic Seattle church that fought for women's suffrage and civil rights.

A 17th-century church is nestled within the walls of a 15th-century ruin.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

This medieval chapel is now a shrine to the region's favorite sport.

A priceless work of art created by the saint's own blood sister hangs in a San Antonio basilica.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

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