Sacred Spaces

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

A contemporary art installation housed within a Gothic cathedral.

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

This Orthodox Church's exterior is rather unorthodox.

Museum deep in the catacombs of St. Michael the Archangel Church is explored by touch, sound, and smell.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

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

Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.

The largest underground church in Europe.

Located within one of Israel's most picturesque monasteries is also the country's first meteorological research station.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.