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Canneto sull'Oglio, Italy

Chiesa di Santa Croce detta "Dei Morti"

Photographs of the faces of the town's dead cover the walls of this small Italian church.

An Elvis impersonator officiates a wedding at Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas.

How Elvis Became the King of Las Vegas Weddings

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Basilica of Panagia Limeniotissa

The ruins of a fifth-century church dedicated to Our Lady of the Harbor.

St. Paul's Pillar

Legend holds that St. Paul was flogged for preaching Christianity at this pillar.

The Four-Faced Liar

On the clock tower at St. Anne's Church in Cork, you never know which face is telling the truth.

Visaginas, Lithuania

Orthodox Church of the Nativity of Saint John

Originally built for nuclear power plant workers, this church sits between apartment buildings.

Jolon, California

Mission San Antonio de Padua

This mission, established in 1771, is the most remote of California’s Franciscan missions.

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Jawor Peace Church

This dazzling wooden church was constructed as part of an elaborate peace project after the Thirty Years' War.

Crkva Sv. Martina (St. Martin's Church)

Split's smallest church, and one of its oldest, has been reconstructed inside the city's Roman walls.

Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta

A design by master architect Alvar Aalto in a small village in the Apennines near Bologna.

Sesimbra, Portugal

Chapel of Espírito Santo dos Mareantes

Ghostly ship drawings grace the walls of this medieval hospital.

Grip Stavkyrkje

On a tiny island in northwestern Norway, one of the country's few remaining original stave churches.

Anacapri, Italy

Church of San Michele

An elegant church is home to a remarkably detailed mosaic floor depicting the Garden of Eden.

Lisbon, Portugal

Church of St. Dominic

The scorched Lisbon church that survived two earthquakes and a massive fire.

Columbus, Indiana

First Christian Church

The design of this modernist church was revolutionary when it was constructed in 1942.

Görlitz, Germany

The Klötzelmönch's Worried Mother Statue

This bust remembers the haunting local legend of a murderous monk.

Lullington, England

Lullington Church of the Good Shepherd

This tiny church is one of England's smallest.

The Lewes Shark Weather Vane

This toothy tower topper commemorates a valuable shark that washed ashore nearby.