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Revealing the Hidden History of Paris Through Its Bits and Pieces of Saints

Elizabeth Harper December 31, 2013

St. Anthony's 800-Year-Old Tongue is Touring NYC

Megan Roberts December 11, 2013

The Skull and Bones of Mary Magdalene

Bridget Samantha November 27, 2013

The jaw and tongue reliquaries

St. Anthony's Tongue

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

A Thief's Severed Arm and a Count Buried Alive, All in One Prague Church

Elizabeth Harper October 15, 2013

The Head of St. John the Baptist at Amiens Cathedral

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

The Cantwell Fada.

Kilkenny, Ireland

Cantwell Fada

A standing relief of a Norman knight whose posture marks him as a Crusader.

The Relics of St. Helena

The Relic Crypt of St. Helena at Église Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

A relic of St. Genevieve

The Relics of St. Genevieve at St-Etienne-du-Mont

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

The Skeletons of Waldsassen Basilica

Waldsassen, Germany

The Skeletons of Waldsassen Basilica

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

Crosses on fence in parking lot.

Chimayo, New Mexico

El Santuario de Chimayo

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

Stonington, Connecticut

Severed Arm of Saint Edmund

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

Hett Gallery and Museum

Anderson, Indiana

The Hett Gallery and Museum

A collection of relics from the Spiritualist Camp Chesterfield.

Documenting the Holy Dead Through Saints' Relics

Elizabeth Harper May 22, 2013

Heart Ex Votos

Papal Hearts at Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

Inside the Red Hook Grain Elevator

Brooklyn, New York

Red Hook Grain Terminal

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

Venture Inside the Red Hook Grain Elevator, A Failure of Industrial Design

Hannah Frishberg May 10, 2013

John the Baptist relic

The Head of St. John the Baptist at San Silvestro in Capite

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.