Mosques

This ancient town is full of stunning Ottoman architecture and streets so narrow trash collection is done by donkey.

A stunning mosque owes its design to an Ottoman ruler nicknamed "the Butcher."

This 18th-century folly is one of Europe's rare "garden mosques."

This spectacular mosque houses the second-largest chandelier in the world.

This unique religious structure is an architectural gem with arresting ocean views.

The oldest monument in Marrakesh and the city's only surviving example of Almoravid architecture.

The first mosque in the world to receive electricity.

The tallest minaret in Yemen is 150 feet high and entirely made of mud.

One of Yemen’s oldest and most beautiful mosques was named for the incredible, historical queen buried inside it.

The largest mosque in Cambodia was built to unite the country's Muslim community but soon sparked division and controversy instead.

Built entirely of interlocking pieces, construction of this Chinese Muslim house of worship required zero nails.

A surprising and unconventional mosque hidden in the subsoil of Istanbul.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

A spectacular rainbow of stained glass makes the "Pink Mosque" one of the most beautiful in Iran.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

A curious carving hides on a marble column in the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba.