Shrines

A lone torii arch stands on a coastal rock where a deity is said to have landed.

Haunted by a giant white snake, this pond is said to bring the rain and pubic hair.

At a museum dedicated to the millenia-old rites and art of Buddhism, the Buddha's reputed tooth is held as an object of worship.

On the roof of the oldest department store in Tainan stands a Shinto shrine dating back to the 1930s.

Once upon a time in Kamakura, a five-headed dragon fell in love with an Indian water goddess.

Once the site of medieval pilgrimage for its healing powers, this well was lost and later rediscovered.

A relatively young Buddhist temple on hilltop, dedicated to a statue relocated from Mount Atago.

This shrine commemorates the site of the first known Catholic mass in the United States.

On a desolate hill overlooking McMurdo Station, a statue of the Virgin Mary stands inside a curved iron frame.

This memorial commemorates where a Japanese commander surrendered to Allied forces on September 3, 1945.

A beautiful modern church dedicated to the teleporting patron saint of Andorra.

A mountaintop shrine-temple guarded by a horde of half-demon priests.

This 700-year-old temple is one of the city's oldest.

Hike along an abandoned railway up to a popular pilgrimage site.

A tiny 1857 chapel sits on top of a secluded, forested hill.

A shrine to one of England's female saints in what is believed to be her former home.

The pillars inside this small, ornate shrine hold Bangkok's horoscope within them.

Dedicated to humankind's achievements in aviation, this Shintō shrine is notable for its Greek-style architecture and collection of aircrafts.