Churches

Nature and religion are reunited at this unconventional church in the forest.

This Transylvanian church has changed its denomination four times.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

Now nearly abandoned, Kaskaskia was once the capital of Illinois and one of the most important towns on the upper Mississippi.

Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.

A neo-Gothic temple in central Mexico featuring a labyrinthine network of crypts.

Beautiful stained glass depictions of the history of human flight fill this surprising chapel.

An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.

Centuries before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar.

A luxury hotel housed in a former 15th century Gothic church.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

Baptisms in troughs and post-sermon rodeos at the world's biggest cowboy church.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

The profile of one ill-fated deacon was emblazoned forever on this church window during the Halifax explosion.

This Gothic church was wheeled in its entirety to a new location a half a mile away.

Bloodstains can still be seen in this medieval church where two medics saved lives on D-Day.