Temples

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

These serpents are considered holy and pampered accordingly.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

Deep in the Thar desert, a temple crawling with thousands of holy rats.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

The world's largest Tibetan refugee settlement.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.