Santiago de Compostela Cathedral

Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Spain

A pilgrimage church of huge importance. This Romanesque cathedral is adorned with later Gothic and Baroque additions – beautiful facades and towers. The main part was built in 1075-1128, the gorgeous western facade in 1738-1750.

Kubu Island (Ga’nnyo)

Kubu Island, Botswana

Approximately 1 km long and up to 20 meters high granitic island in the middle of vast Makgadikgadi Plains – giant salt flats. Area of eerie, unusual beauty, adorned with a group of giant baobabs. Remnants of prehistoric structures – an enormous stone wall and hundreds of circular stone cairns.

Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Abu Dhabi

Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi

The eighth-largest mosque in the world, constructed in 2007 as one of the most beautiful religious structures in the modern world. The building has 82 domes rising up to 85 m high. Tallest minaret is 107 m high. White color dominates the design, very impressive is the floral design of the marble courtyard.

Paro Taktsang Monastery

Paro Taktsang Buddhist monastery, Bhutan

This monastery is in a dramatic setting on the side of a cliff, 700 meters above the bottom of the valley. It was built in 1692. Near the monastery is a 60 m high waterfall – Taktsang waterfall.

Ottobeuren Abbey

Ottobeuren Basilica, Germany

Founded in 764. This abbey has a church that is one of the most ornate Baroque and Rococo buildings in world, built in 1737-1766.

Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia as seen from Galata Tower, Istanbul

A former Orthodox basilica built between 532 – 537 AD, it is now a mosque. Possibly the highest achievement of Byzantine architecture, it has been the largest cathedral in the world for nearly 1000 years. Constructed in 532 – 537.

Boddam Church

Boddam Church in ruins, Chagos Islands

Ruins of Chagossian church in abandoned plantation village.

Škocjan caves

Walk along the deepest cave canyon in the world in Škocjan caves, Slovenia

Cave system with numerous unique characteristics: giant, 146 meters deep underground canyon of River Reka, underground travertine terraces, Bronze Age and later temples, and Pre-Christian pilgrimage center.

Borgund stave church

Borgund stave church, Norway

The best preserved Norse stave church, built in between 1180 – 1250 AD, contains runic inscriptions. Representative of the unique Norse wooden architecture that unites Viking, Celtic and Roman elements.