Churches

300-year-old villagers houses and traditional churches preserve a nearly lost piece of Russian history.

The masses at this church incorporate enough moonshine and animal sacrifice that they are no longer recognizably Catholic.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

The church's remarkable frescoes incorporate Finnish artist Hugh Simberg's trademark themes of death and the supernatural.

A Christian retreat founded to welcome refugees fleeing from the Nazis during World War II.

There’s a special club house at the top for the bell ringers.

The preserved arm of a third-century sorcerer is believed to have the power to lift curses and spells.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

Saint Joseph was said to heal the deaf and blind, but it was a much smaller miracle that got him canonized.

This crumbling 14th century chapel became so unstable the roofing apparently collapsed during a wedding ceremony, narrowly missing the curate's head.

Guests can stay at a hotel in the former French abbey where lie the tombs of King Henry II and King Richard the Lionheart.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

The venerated body of a 12th century saint is celebrated each year with the 'Race of the Candles.'

The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.