by Ginny Smith | Feb 27, 2017
Punctuating so many skylines across the world, churches are often a city’s architectural centerpiece for good reason. Traditionally built on a cross plan, a great variety of styles now exist, from the glittering domes of the Balkans to the magnificent spires of...
by Alex Allen | Aug 12, 2016
Located in a quiet little Alpine valley in southern Bavaria, Oberammergau sits in the shadow of the brooding 1,342-meter peak of Kofel Mountain. Covered in colorful Lüftmalerei (murals) and surrounded by dense pine forests, this unassuming Bavarian town might at first...