Churches

A striking church with a Tolkien-inspired nickname.

The patron saint of cats founded this stunning Romanesque church in the 7th century.

A mystery of a buried artist and a 14th-century church.

Essential to the history of early American religious freedom and home to the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence.

This 16th century church is Goa's fascinating connection with Croatia.

This metallic cross was most likely the last thing a condemned person would see while on the gallows.

Mexico City’s smallest church, designed as a miniature cathedral and visited mainly by robbers and prostitutes.

A neo-Gothic church just steps away from the beach.

A purported 17th-century religious artifact with noteworthy associations to Catholic history in the U. S.

Aruba’s first chapel.

Hidden in plain sight inside this church is a pulpit that was occasionally used by the author of ‘Alice in Wonderland.’

This avian-shaped stone that once held the hearts of Aztec human sacrifices now lies at the feet of Christ inside a Catholic church.

This cannonball has been lodged in the church wall since a 1695 bombardment destroyed the city center.

One of the last remaining French Colonial style churches, this centuries-old building was constructed using upright logs and no nails.

A 7th-century church in northeast England built using stones from a nearby Roman fort.