Churches

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.

One of the oldest Catholic churches in the U.S., situated just east of Gettysburg.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

Visit this church that's shaped like a giant glass pump either to cater to women or to reference a tragic local tale. Or both.

This oddly shaped church resembles a rocket.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

Somewhere between an art studio and a print shop, this artists storefront is a house of worship devoted to type.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

In the midst of a living monument to Soviet social engineering, Polish Catholics built this church by hand.

After 11 years of reconstruction work, Slovakia's finest hilltop chapel complex is finally reopen to the public.

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.

Supposedly this Ethiopian chapel holds the Ark of the Covenant, guarded by virgins who cannot leave the building.