UNESCO Heritage Site: Mosteiro da Batalha
Batalha Monastery — the burial church of Portuguese royalty. It took over a century to build, with fifteen architects adding their influence along the way. Work began in 1386. The […]
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Another Vision in Portugal — This One Deadly
As sacred and miraculous as the visions of Mary were in Fatima, a vision of Jesus in a Lisbon cathedral resulted in death. First, a little background history. During the […]
Montserrat and The Black Madonna
The Black Madonna I knew nothing about the Black Madonna or Montserrat, but I am always up for exploring someplace new and these sacred mountains near Barcelona definitely deserved a […]
Light Flowing through Sagrada Familia
I’m not sure I could say anything about Gaudi’s incredible Sagrada Familia in Barcelona that hasn’t already been said. I’ll just share some pictures of the light that flows through […]
Dexter Avenue
Unless you’ve been to Montgomery, Alabama, you may not realize how integral Dexter Avenue has been in shaping our world. It’s amazing to stand at the fountain on that street […]
A Peek into the Cloistered Life of a Nun
There were only a few cars in the massive parking lot of the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Alabama on the Thursday afternoon of my visit there, […]
Slavic Village
My hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio has a strong German heritage. Many of the family names you hear in Cincinnati are German, and there is even one elementary school still conducted […]
Browsing The Atlas 