In western Ukraine, the dense forests of the Carpathian foothills opened up to reveal my goal: a tall bell tower, leaning slightly askew, crowned with a furlike layer of wooden shingles and topped ...

Two wooden churches and a bell tower have proudly stood on Kizhi Island in Russia for hundreds of years, weathering the test and tumult of time with only a tree-born tenacity. That's a dramatic way of ...

LVIV, UKRAINE — The rustic beauty of Ukraine’s famous wooden churches is surpassed only by their capacity for survival. Dotting the countryside from the Carpathian Mountains to Crimea, they have ...

THE WOODEN churches in Slovakia that were recently added to the UNESCO World Heritage List have reported an increase in visits by tourists and locals. Couples who have the opportunity to get married ...

Of more than 300 wooden churches, only 60 remain, mostly in eastern Slovakia. Check the complete list and an interactive map. This article was prepared for an edition of the Spectacular Slovakia ...

TADOUSSAC, Qc - Sainte-Croix-de-Tadoussac Mission Church, built between 1747 and 1750 at the confluence of the Saguenay and St. Lawrence rivers and considered Canada's oldest wooden church, has been ...

LVIV, Ukraine – Ukrainian architect Andrij Kutnyi hopes his research on the nation’s wooden churches will bring the country closer to ensuring it does not lose one of the most recognized symbols of ...

The Kon Tum wooden church is a masterpiece of architecture, where Romantic style mixes in harmony with Ba Na stilted house model. Around 1840, as the Nguyen Kings banned Christianity in Vietnam, the ...

The largest of Norway’s remaining stave churches, Heddal stave church is quite the sight amid the forests and farmhouses of this corner of southern Norway. Heddal is just a few miles northwest of ...