Sacred Spaces in Czechia

A striking, modern church devoted to a nun who loved God and beer.

This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.

The 14th-century ruins are said to contain healing powers.

This Gothic church was wheeled in its entirety to a new location a half a mile away.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.

An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.

The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

The sanctuary holds what was once believed to be the saint's incorruptible tongue.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.