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This curiously modern carving of St. Peter wears wellies.

An 18th-century estate owner thought these cottages were an eyesore, so he artfully disguised them as a church.

St John the Baptist Church in Danbury, Essex, is a wonderful place to explore medieval architecture and artistry, in particular their bench ends, knight effigies, and unique squint.

This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.

An Art Nouveau church decorated in mother-of-pearl and aluminum.

The United Kingdom's smallest working cathedral also serves as a quaint bed and breakfast.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

A medieval device used to punish and shame wrongdoers still hangs outside the village church.

This unusual 15th-century house of worship once catered to those who sought its healing properties.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

17th century puritan church with connections to the Salem Witch Trials.

A memorial to the politician who became Great Britain's first fatality to be caused by a locomotive.

At the foot of an active volcano sits a church miraculously spared by its lava.

See hundreds of herons and egrets in the heart of the city in this dreamy hidden park.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

Three small rooms at the back of the “official” church of London's clowns.

The smallest chapel in Europe is a moving testament to the love between a husband and wife.

One man's attempt to stay one step ahead of the church.

A floating interfaith chapel made from ocean plastic.

A pirate is laid to rest at St. Nicholas Church.

Now isolated, this church was once the center of a bustling village that succumbed to the Black Death.

On a remote footpath and surrounded by beautiful Sussex countryside sits Sussex’s smallest cemetery.