Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

These serpents are considered holy and pampered accordingly.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

This sacred cave temple is home to thousands of bats and according to legend, a giant snake king.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.