Sacred Spaces

This holy goods emporium is where priests go for a little retail therapy to outfit their churches.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

Luxurious devotion and 500,000 images of Buddha in Myanmar.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

A 50-foot-tall statue of Jesus where a stairway transports the faithful into his body.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

Early Medieval stones sit on display at the beautiful Govan Old Church in Glasgow.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

An ancient Chinese temple where even the emperor dressed like a farmer in the name of the harvest.

A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

A collection of housewares from recent Irish history adjoined by a tower from ancient Irish history.

Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.