Places LaughingCrow Wants to Go

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.

This crumbling headstone commemorates the first death by tiger in Britain's history.

This igloo-shaped landmark in Iqaluit serves as the seat of the Diocese of the Arctic.

A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.

The remains of the first saint from Alaska in the Russian Orthodox Church.

Sculptures of religious figures made from the ashes of pilgrims' incense.

This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a century-old passion play.

Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.

A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami.

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

A Singapore shrine to an unnamed German girl who has become a local deity.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

This South Pacific volcano has been blowing its stack for over 800 years and is said to be home to a cult leader waiting to be reborn.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.

Stone shrouds of Prince Liu Sheng and Princess Dou Wan of the Han Dynasty, created to preserve their flesh for eternity.

A tunnel dug through the side of a mountain by hand provides convenient yet death-defying access to a small village in China.

This historic Chinese tower was said to have been haunted by fox spirits but is now haunted by a grisly murder.