grottos,temples,churches

22 Places

Stockton, California

Wat Dhammararam

Giant jewel-toned statues fill the grounds of this Cambodian Buddhist temple in California.

Added by Wes209

Los Angeles, California

Templo Santa Muerte

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

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Santa Cruz, California

Court of Mysteries

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

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Niagara Falls, New York

Prophet Isaiah's Second Coming House

Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.

Chris Clemens

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New York, New York

Church of the Intercession

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

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Saugerties, New York

Opus 40

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

Casa de Azucar

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

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Ruins of St Dominic's Catholic Church

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

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St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Dog Chapel

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

Lily Landes

Added by Lily Landes

Jasper, Indiana

Providence Home Geode Grotto

One man's vision and a labor of love of many.

Seattle, Washington

Walker Rock Garden

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

Added by bicyclechica

Denver, Colorado

International Church of Cannabis

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

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Redmond, Oregon

Petersen Rock Garden

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

Added by BettyLuvs2Travel

Portland, Oregon

Cathedral Park

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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Portland, Oregon

The Grotto

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Added by spitfire178

Cleveland, Ohio

St. Theodosius Cathedral

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

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Medicine Bow, Wyoming

Fossil Bone Cabin

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

Mark Casey

Added by Mark Casey

Prospect Hill, North Carolina

Shangri-La Stone Village

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

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Millvale, Pennsylvania

Mr. Small's Funhouse

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

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West Bend, Iowa

Father Paul Dobberstein's Grotto of the Redemption

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

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Thorncrown Chapel

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

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Dickeyville, Wisconsin

The Dickeyville Grotto

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

Added by cmackie

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