Nuns

An architectural anomaly that preserves the chilling history of medieval ascetics who chose to be buried alive.

A Buddhist nunnery perched high above Kathmandu Valley in the foothills of the Himalayas.

After 400 years of being closed to the public, this monastery's underground tunnels and secret garden are now a museum.

The highest point of this Balearic island is home to a historic monastery.

Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.

In the hometown of the Catholic saint and Nobel Peace Prize winner, a memorial dedicated to her legacy.

A monument marks where a convent was burned by an anti-Catholic mob in 1834.

This 16th-century monastery was founded to cloister the daughters of wealthy local families.

A striking, modern church devoted to a nun who loved God and beer.

Occupied for six centuries by Franciscan Order nuns, this monastery is an amazing ode to Catalán Gothic architecture.

This one-of-a-kind convent boasts a kaleidoscopic exterior of stars and double-headed eagles.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.