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Sacred & Religious Sites

All Southwest Rockies, Northwest & Alaska Northern Plains Oklahoma East & Great Lakes
Rank by: A–Z Area (sq mi) Length (mi) Elevation (ft)

13 entries

Bahá’í House of Worship

A lace-like temple on the shore of Lake Michigan

BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham

The largest Hindu temple in the Western Hemisphere

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

The largest Catholic church building in North America

Bear Butte

A sacred mountain of the Lakota and Cheyenne

El Santuario de Chimayó

New Mexico’s pilgrimage church of healing earth

Hsi Lai Temple

A Taiwanese Buddhist monastery in the Los Angeles hills

Islamic Center of America

A landmark mosque in Dearborn, Michigan

Kirtland Temple

The first temple of the Latter Day Saint movement

Mission San Xavier del Bac

The White Dove of the Desert, near Tucson

Serpent Mound

A quarter-mile earthen serpent in southern Ohio

Temple Square

The ten-acre heart of the Latter-day Saint faith in Salt Lake City

Touro Synagogue

The oldest synagogue building in the United States

Washington National Cathedral

An 83-year Gothic project on the highest ground in the capital