Rites and Rituals

An otherwise quiet campground becomes a bustling medieval town for two weeks every year.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

Stone shrouds of Prince Liu Sheng and Princess Dou Wan of the Han Dynasty, created to preserve their flesh for eternity.

The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

A nightly tradition fills the streets of Flogsta with a collective scream.

A collection of relics from the Spiritualist Camp Chesterfield.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

The floats housed in this hall are more than 100 years old, and are brought out for an annual celebration.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.