Sacred Spaces

This giant Christ statue was a failed attempt by Indonesia to dissuade East Timor from demanding independence.

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.

Now isolated, this church was once the center of a bustling village that succumbed to the Black Death.

Golden plates containing what would become the Book of Mormon were believed to be buried on this New York hillside.

Once housed in the towers of this Gothic church, this 17th century clock still ticks today.

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

This recycled wax museum may be the only one that features John Travolta in a Bible scene.

An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.

This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.

This workshop and small museum is dedicated to tiny, delicate figurines that began as a subversive craft after the French Revolution.

This century-old ruined temple was reborn as "The Church of Skate."

A public park off the beaten path with a beautiful waterfall and 13th century Cistercian abbey.

An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.