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Da Nang, Vietnam

Da Nang Cathedral

This candy-pink cathedral of Da Nang is also known as the Chicken Church.

Oratorio dei Morti

At the entrance of this chapel is a fresco commemorating the dead from the plague outbreak of 1630.

Utrecht, Netherlands

DOMunder Subterranean Ruins

Underground attraction offering tours of the foundational ruins of a church nave that collapsed in 1674.

Santuario di San Patrizio

Distressing images of the Last Judgement adorn the walls of this medieval sanctuary.

Patriarchate of Peć

A UNESCO-protected spiritual seat of the Old Serbian Kingdom and Empire.

Prizren, Kosovo

Our Lady of Ljeviš

A 14th-century Serbian Orthodox church that was once converted into a mosque under the much-disfavored Ottoman Empire.

Monterrey, Mexico

Santuario de Schoenstatt 'Maria, Camino al Cielo'

A mountaintop shrine named for the road to heaven.

The saints' heads in front of Bonn Minster.

Heads of Saints Cassius and Florentius

A pair of giant stone heads represent the ancient Roman saints beheaded here.

Sint-Willibrordkerk

Utrecht, Netherlands

Sint-Willibrordkerk

A uniquely preserved neo-Gothic church that is now home to a collection of art and woodcarvings.

Entrance to the crypt, accessed from inside the Saint-Willibrord Basillica.

Echternach, Luxembourg

The Crypt of Saint Willibrord

Below the altar in Saint-Willibrord Basilica rests the mortal remains of Luxembourg's patron saint.

Church of Agia Pareskevi

Church of Agia Pareskevi

This Ottoman-era Greek Orthodox Church was built to honor Agia Pareskevi, a Christian saint.

Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery

Rostushe, North Macedonia

Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery

St. John the Baptist's forearm is housed in this remote 11th-century monastery.

Voodoo Temple of Abomey

A giant chameleon, with a fascinating purpose.

Burgh Saint Peter, England

The Tower of St Mary's Church

The story behind this uniquely-shaped tower involves ancient empires, local legends, and new words.

Hermitage of Santa Maria la Antigua

Hermitage of Santa Maria la Antigua

The oldest building in Madrid.

St. Thomas Episcopal Church

Bath, North Carolina

Thomas Episcopal Church

The oldest church building in the state.

Little Tree Church

Tustin, California

Little Tree Church

A very tiny church, bisected by a now-dead oak tree and marooned in the middle of a shopping center parking lot.

'French Republic or Death' Graffiti

For more than a century, revolutionary graffiti has marked the wall of a Parisian church.