Churches

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.

A Prohibition-era casino once hidden as a palatial tea room.

Past the megayachts in the hyper-modern marina of Vouliagmeni is a small, well-hidden chapel adorned with pebbles and maritime imagery.

This semi-permanent cathedral was built of cardboard, wood, and steel after Christchurch's 2011 earthquake.

The remains of a luxurious 14th-century church built by the last despot of Serbia.

This church in Old Goa was established by eight Portuguese Franciscan friars who landed there in 1517.