Sacred Spaces

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 hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

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

Saint Joseph was said to heal the deaf and blind, but it was a much smaller miracle that got him canonized.

This crumbling 14th century chapel became so unstable the roofing apparently collapsed during a wedding ceremony, narrowly missing the curate's head.

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

Guests can stay at a hotel in the former French abbey where lie the tombs of King Henry II and King Richard the Lionheart.

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

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

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

The venerated body of a 12th century saint is celebrated each year with the 'Race of the Candles.'

The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.