Churches

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

One of Europe's largest supercomputers is housed inside of a disused chapel.

The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.

This holy site either displays a centuries-old cross or a complete fake.

This centuries-old pueblo church houses the body of a Franciscan friar who is said to be a rare "incorruptible" corpse.

Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

A mysterious dark-skinned Christ statue has been this town's religious center for centuries.

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.

This sprawling collection of saintly relics includes such fascinations as wood from the Cross of Jesus and threads from Mary's veil.

This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

This devil-dancing ceremony now celebrates a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary that appeared to a modern-day Robin Hood in a mineshaft.