Sacred Spaces

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

Visit this church that's shaped like a giant glass pump either to cater to women or to reference a tragic local tale. Or both.

This oddly shaped church resembles a rocket.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

A Zoroastrian funerary tower where excarnation rituals are carried out is threatened by the area's dwindling vulture population.

Somewhere between an art studio and a print shop, this artists storefront is a house of worship devoted to type.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.