5 notable sites ranked among the world's top 100
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The largest Roman Catholic church in North America and one of the largest in the world. Its Trinity Dome Mosaic contains over 14 million tesserae, making it one of the largest mosaics in the world.
The largest Catholic church in North America and one of the most architecturally significant churches in the Western Hemisphere.
Henry Hobson Richardson's masterpiece of Richardsonian Romanesque style, featuring John La Farge's stunning murals and stained glass. The church's polychrome interior and massive tower influenced American architecture profoundly.
Named by the American Institute of Architects as one of the ten most significant buildings in the United States.
Known as the 'White Dove of the Desert,' this Spanish Colonial mission in the Sonoran Desert is the finest example of Spanish Colonial architecture in the United States. Its lavishly painted interior contrasts strikingly with the arid landscape.
The finest example of Spanish Colonial mission architecture in the United States and still an active Catholic parish.
An Episcopal cathedral modeled after Notre-Dame de Paris, its cast bronze doors are replicas of Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise from Florence. The cathedral contains two labyrinths modeled on the one at Chartres.
One of the finest neo-Gothic cathedrals in the United States and a major center of progressive Christianity.
The oldest standing church building in Texas and one of the oldest cathedrals in the United States. Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie allegedly heard mass here before the Battle of the Alamo.
The oldest cathedral sanctuary in the United States and a witness to the Battle of the Alamo.
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