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Sacred Spaces

(Flickr/trugiaz)

Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Taman Sari Underground Mosque

Subterranean place of worship in Indonesia.

(Flickr/+kev)

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Kota Kinabalu City Mosque

Malaysia's floating mosque.

(Flickr/Román Emin)

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

(Flickr/Picolo121)

Sheikh Lotfallah Mosque

17th century mosque for Shah Abbas' harem.

Katskhi, Georgia

Katskhi Pillar

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

An Nurumi Mosque

An Indonesian mosque styled after St. Basil's Cathedral.

Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora.

Žďár nad Sázavou, Czechia

Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk

The sanctuary holds what was once believed to be the saint's incorruptible tongue.

Baku, Azerbaijan

Fire Temple of Baku

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.

Sanctuary of Torreciudad

Sanctuary on a ridge near an ancient shrine to a "Black Madonna" built by the founder of Opus Dei.

Pattaya, Thailand

Sanctuary of Truth

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

Mountain peaks rise from the horizon above Apachetas in the foreground

Apachetas of Chivay

Mystic Incan rock piles three miles above sea level.

The organ, high above the church

Las Pinas, Philippines

Bamboo Organ

Church organ in the Philippines constructed out of bamboo.

Long Shot

Geghard Monastery

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

Monastery at the top of Mount Popa (Flickr/antwerpenR)

Myingyan, Myanmar

Mount Popa

Myanmar's Mount Olympus atop a 2,500-foot volcanic plug.

The Gotse Delchev temple, which is now an apartment

Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

Gotse Delchev Temple

The temple that withstood the Nazis.

The top of the brightly colored church

Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

La Iglesia de San Andres de Xecul

Experiencing Guatemala's sensory-exploding church is a blunt reminder of European influence.

Lotus Temple

New Delhi, India

Bahá'í Lotus Temple

A blooming house of worship for the masses.

Chapel of the Holy Cross

Sedona, Arizona

Chapel of the Holy Cross

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.