Churches

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

The R&B singer's modest church guarantees a religious experience, regardless of your beliefs.

A stunning hermit's shrine on a steep rocky spur in Northern Italy.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

The ruins of a medieval seminary some say is the oldest university site in Scotland.

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.

Inside the unassuming cemetery chapel is a magnificent stained glass window and mosaics.

Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.

Overshadowed by other, more famous Maltese catacombs, this ancient burial chamber has one of the best examples of a ritual agape table.

Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.