Religion

The centuries-old crosses "growing" in the cemetery are steeped in local lore and are believed to have healing powers.

This hidden Sufi cemetery is a spiritual monument for India's third gender community.

A fantastical and futuristic temple of light built from nine monumental glass veils.

This well held a sacred source of water supposedly unleashed from the barren rocks by a wizard-like archbishop.

This amazing mountain temple is topped by one of the tallest sitting Buddha statues in the world.

A rare example of an octagonal Catholic church.

The 1,000-year-old abbey is the birthplace of modern musical notation.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

Stretching almost 2,000 feet, this painting is one of the longest pieces of Buddhist artwork in the world.

Tucked in Mumbai’s wealthiest neighborhood is one of the city’s oldest and most sacred sites: a temple complex believed to house the waters of the Ganges.

A memorial to the monk who set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam.

The world's largest "Christmas tree" is illuminated by hundreds of lights stretching 2,000 feet up the slope of Mount Ingino.

A display of works by one of the world masters sacred art, an 18th-century Brazilian sculptor nicknamed "the little cripple."