Relics

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

A collection of relics from the Spiritualist Camp Chesterfield.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

A full figure 4th century incorruptible saint lies in a glass coffin in Croatia.

Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

This Italian church is as beautiful as it is common, except for the real skulls decorating the many mannequins inside.

This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.