Churches

Tiring of digging out the door to this church for every service, it was eventually abandoned to the sands.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

Storms, funding, and in-fighting have kept this Bermuda church from ever being completed.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.

A Norwegian church that was built before Wisconsin was even a state has been entirely moved to a nicer spot.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.