Religion

The first mosque in Ghana is known as the "Mecca of West Africa."

The ruins of an ancient Zoroastrian Tower of Silence believed to be the earliest example of the traditional funerary practice.

This Tibetan monastery has survived multiple attacks and is also a sky burial site.

A spiritual center in the Santa Monica Mountains founded by Alice Coltrane after the death of her husband and fellow jazz musician John Coltrane.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

This mysterious underground cave in Shropshire dates back to the 18th or 19th century.

What looks like a simple quaint estate in rural Pennsylvania was in the 18th century home to a small monastic community.

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.

The oldest still-existing mosque in the United States sits in a remote prairie in North Dakota.

An unlikely Transcendental Meditation haven in the American Heartland built around the ancient Vedic principles of balance and harmony.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

The skeletons, demons, and corpses serve as a warning of the terrors of Buddhist Hell.

Of the many chalices in the running for the Holy Grail, this one in Valencia Cathedral sure looks the part.

This historic church is named for abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher and the ruse to arm his fellow abolitionists.