Sacred Spaces in New York State

A temple belonging to the largest Buddhist order in South Korea nestled in the middle of New York City.

Devotional offerings and pleas for intercession are left at this Depression-era shrine inside a nature preserve.

Nearly four centuries after its founding, remnants of one of the oldest planned communities in North America are still visible in southern Brooklyn.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

A man used his Civil War-era fortune to build this sanctuary in memory of his wife.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

A bar, burger joint, and arcade housed in a late 19th-century church building.

This peaceful gem in upstate New York was chosen as the future home of the 14th Dalai Lama's Library and Museum.

This historic church with a connection to "Uncle Sam" is now a fraternity house.

The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.