The Facade
Looking up at the facade of Saint Ignatius Church, built in 1921, near El Segundo Barrio at El Paso, Texas.
Religious Masonry 3
Part of an old wall, built with religious masonry, that stands in Saint Nazianz near Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
Mission in Black and White
A view from behind of the Socorro Mission, on the El Paso Mission Trail, in Socorro, Texas.
Old Wooden Cross
The name worn off an old wooden crucifix and the rocks of a grave at the historic Smeltertown Cemetery in El Paso, Texas.
Old Town Church
The setting sun warms the back of the Immaculate Conception Church at Old Town in San Diego, California.
Pottery of the Dead
Near a street, rows of colorful Dia De Los Muertos pottery sit, for sale, below a bench at Old Town in San Diego, California.
Ochoa Street Mural
A 1981 mural by Felipe Adame and Jesus “Machido” Hernandez of the Virgen De Guadalupe is located on S. Ochoa Street at El Segundo Barrio in El Paso, Texas.
Inariokami Shrine
People pass the torii gate that stands in front of the Inariokami Shrine in Kyoto, Japan.
Colosseum Cross
A cross dedicated to the Christian martyrs and placed by Pope John Paul II stands inside the Colosseum in Rome Italy.
Pagoda in Kyoto
The sun breaks through the auntumn leaves surrounding the 16th century pagoda at the Toji Temple in Kyoto, Japan.
Statue in the forest
One of the many statues found near the Tokuju-in Temple in Yokosuka, Japan.
Sun Behind the Pagoda
The sun rises behind and tourists begin to arrive at the 16th century pagoda near the Toji Temple in Kyoto, Japan.
San Lorenzo 1914
Unidentified parishioners sit near the front at the San Lorenzo Church, built in 1914 in Clint, Texas.
Fushimi Inari Shrine
Fushimi Inari Shrine, famous for the thousands of torii gates and fox statues, is located in Kyoto, Japan.
Patriotism at La Isla 2
A cross with an American flag at La Isla Cemetery near Fabens, Texas just southeast of El Paso.
Gathering at Buddha
Tourists gather at the Great Buddha, or Kamakura Daibutsu, the 43 foot tall and 103 ton statue was completed in 1252 and stands in Kamakura, Japan.
Gokoku Shrine Torii 3
Looking up at the lion statue and torii gate in front of the Gokoku Shine in Hiroshima, Japan.
Shortcut Through the Temple 2
Two women, dressed in formal kimonos, pass near a temple in Tokyo, Japan.
Tengenji Temple Roof
Looking up, as a aircraft flys over the roof and shadows of the Tengenji Temple in the Minato suburb of Tokyo, Japan.
Chapel of Mary
The Chapel of Mary, sits on the Zugspitze surrounded by snow in the Bavarian Alps near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Ysleta Steeple
The bottom side and window of the steeple of the Ysleta Mission, built in 1682, in El Paso, Texas.
The Bells of San Eli
The bell tower of the San Elizario Mission near El Paso, Texas, built in 1877 and the newest of the three Spanish missions on the El Paso Mission Trail.
Decorative Rope
A decorative rope hangs from a building near the Myohoji Temple in Kamakura, Japan.
Chatting at the Torii
A group of tourists conversing at the base of a Torii Gate on Enoshima Island near Fujisawa.
The Front Porch
The front pation of an old building that sits in the forest near the Myohoji Temple in Kamakura, Japan.
Father McGivney
A mural of Father Michael McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus on a downtown wall in Tucumcari, New Mexico,
Socorro in August
In front of the Socorro Mission on the El Paso Mission Trail at Socorro, Texas.
Gathering at San Lorenzo
People gather in the evening for the San Lorenzo Church picnic near Clint, Texas.
Day of the Dead 2
A group of women, wearing traditional Mexican costumes, at the 2022 Day of the Dead Festival and Parade in downtownb El Paso, Texas.
Sunrise in Kyoto
The autumn sun shines near the Toji Temple grounds and its 16th century pagoda as birds pass overhead.
Buddhism in San Eli
Buddhist relics and statues sit out on a walkway in San Elizario, Texas just southeast of El Paso.
Bells Above
Looking up at the beams and bells on a corners of the Toji Temple in Kyoto, Japan.
Sunset Behind the Pagoda
Sunset with orange skies at the Yasakanoto Pagoda in Kyoto, Japan.
Kyoto Sunset 2
Sunset at the grounds of the Kiyomizu-dera Temple near Kyoto, Japan.
Weathered Crosses 2
Weathered crosses in the desert sand at La Isla Cemetery southeast of El Paso, Texas.
Fushimi Inari 3
A view through the many torii gates of the Fushimi Inari Shrine located in Kyoto, Japan.
Ankokuronji Statue 2
A statue on the near the Ankokuronji Temple, completed in 1253, and near Kamakura, Japan.
Ōfuna Kannon 9
The 82 foot tall statue of Bodhisattva Kannon at the Ōfuna Kannon Temple in Kamakura, Japan weighs in at 1,900 tons.
The Bell Above 2
Looking up at the beams and bell on a corner of the Toji Temple in Kyoto, Japan.
Patriotism at La Isla 4
An American flag on a grave at La Isla Cemetery near Fabens, Texas just southeast of El Paso.
Plastic Flowers
Plastic flowers on an unknown gravesite at the old La Isla Cemetery southeast of El Paso, Texas.
Smeltertown Cemetery 8
The graves of the historic Smeltertown Cemetery in El Paso, Texas.
Wooden Sculpture
A wooden sculpture on an ornate roof of the Arakura Fuji Sengen Jinja Shrine near Fujiyoshida, Japan.
Buddha Visitors
Tourists walking around the Great Buddha, or Kamakura Daibutsu, the 43 foot tall and 103 ton statue was completed in 1252 and stands in Kamakura, Japan.
Gokoku Shrine Torii 1
The looking up at the son at the tall torii gate in front of the Gokoku Shine in Hiroshima, Japan.
Fujiyoshida Lamp
A lantern sits outside the Arakura Fuji Sengen Jinja Shrine near Fujiyoshida, Japan.
Tokyo Lantern
A lantern hangs, with a pagoda in the background, near the Sensoji Temple in Tokyo, Japan.
Incense in Tokyo 2
People using their hands to move the incense smoke in front of one of the many temples in Tokyo, Japan.
Kamakura Incense 2
The incense burner in front of the Great Buddha, or Kamakura Daibutsu, the 43 foot tall and 103 ton statue was completed in 1252 and stands in Kamakura, Japan.
Little Honch Shrine
Inside the little Enmei-Jizo-Son Shrine in Yokosuka, Japan’s Honch and dedicated to a guardian deity for children, including unborn and aborted. The statues are for lost souls of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 and for a mother and her children killed in a fire around 1930.
Barrio Church
The front doors to Saint Ignatius Church, built in 1921, near El Segundo Barrio at El Paso, Texas.
Dry Fountain
A dry fountain next to the Socorro Mission on the El Paso Mission Trail in Socorro, Texas.
Patriotic Socorro 2
American flags wave in the breeze over a grave at a cemetery in Socorro, Texas.
Wrought Iron Cross
A weathered and rusted wrought iron cross at the historic Smeltertown Cemetery in El Paso, Texas.
Yasaka Shrine 2
The lamps and roof of the Yasaka Shrine, also called the Gion Shrine, dates back to 656AD and is located in the Gion District of Kyoto, Japan.
Yasaka Shrine 1
The corner of the Yasaka Shrine, also called the Gion Shrine, dates back to 656AD and is located in the Gion District of Kyoto, Japan.
Weathered Crosses
Weathered crosses of unknown graves at the La Isla Cemetery southeast of El Paso, Texas.
Two Lamps
Two lanterns stand at the Fushimi Inari Shrine, famous for the thousands of torii gates and fox statues, located in Kyoto, Japan.
Fushimi Inari 1
The Fushimi Inari Shrine, famous for the thousands of torii gates and fox statues, is located in Kyoto, Japan.
Kyoto Sunset 3
Kyoto Sunset
Sunset at the Kiyomizu-dera Temple overlooking Kyoto, Japan.
Fushimi Inari 2
A rainy day at the Fushimi Inari Shrine, famous for the thousands of torii gates and fox statues, is located in Kyoto, Japan.
Pagoda in Kyoto 3
Auntumn leaves surround a pond at the Toji Temple's 16th century pagoda in Kyoto, Japan.
Hiroshima Church
The sun warms a church steeple that stands out in the middle of a neighborhood in Hiroshima, Japan.
Shukkeien Garden Lamp
A traditional lamp in the Shukkeien Garden, in the center of Hiroshima, Japan and commissioned in 1620 but destroyed in the atomic bombing of 1945, restored and reopened to the public in 1950.
Incense in Tokyo
Enoshima Dragon
The evening sun sets on a dragon statue sites near the Enoshima Shrine on Enoshima Island in Japan.
View through the Gate
The view down the street through a traditional gate at the Nakamise Shopping Street in Tokyo, Japan.
Sacred Heart
A man walks in El Paso's Second Ward, also known as El Segundo Barrio, passing the historic Sacred Heart Church established in 1893.
Smeltertown Cemetery 4
An old metal cross with a plastic flower sits at the old west Smeltertown Cemetery in El Paso, Texas.
Sasuke Foxes 3
One of the many locations with tiny fox statues at the Sasuke Inari-jinja Shrine near Kamakura, Japan.
Ōfuna Kannon 7
Small Town Church
Santa Teresa Church in the border town of Fort Hancock, Texas.
Peaceful Statue
A statue in a garden near the Meigetsu-in Temple, built in 1394, in Kamakura, Japan.
Ōfuna Kannon 11
Bell Tower Shadow
The shadow of the San Elizario Mission bell tower, on the El Paso Mission Trail, in San Elizario, Texas.
Back of San Eli
The sun casts shadows on the round architecture of the San Elizario Mission, part of the El Paso Mission Trail, in San Elizario, Texas.
Blue Grave
A painted blue grave at the historic Smeltertown Cemetery in El Paso, Texas.
Day of the Dead 3
A woman sits on the ground at the 2022 Day of the Dead Festival and Parade in downtown El Paso, Texas.
La Isla Gates 2
The gates of the La Isla Cemetery near Fabens, Texas just southeast of El Paso.
Yasakanoto Pagoda Sunset
Sunset behind the silhouette of the Yasakanoto Pagoda in Kyoto, Japan.
Kyoto Sunset 4
Toji Temple Grounds
Auntumn leaves surround the the Toji Temple in Kyoto, Japan.
Side of Toji
A side view of the wooden Toji Temple in Kyoto, Japan.
Santa Croce
The Basilica di Santa Croce in Florence, Italy was completed in 1385 and is the final resting place for many great Italians including Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, and the composer Gioachino Rossini.
Dusk in Kyoto 2
Fushimi Inari 5
A lamp hangs at the Fushimi Inari Shrine, famous for the thousands of torii gates and fox statues, located in Kyoto, Japan.
Statue in the Sun
The sun begins to shine on a statue near the Jodoshu Hiroshigyo Temple in Hiroshima, Japan.
Crowd at the Buddha
Tourists gather at the Great Buddha, or Kamakura Daibutsu, the 43 foot tall and 103 ton statue was completed in 1252 which stands in Kamakura, Japan.
Statues in the Shade
Statues stand in the shade under trees near the Jodoshu Hiroshigyo Temple in Hiroshima, Japan.
Behind the Chapel
Statue in the Sun 2
Old Meets New 3
An older neighborhood with its many temples meets head on with modern architecture of the SkyTree in Tokyo, Japan.
Pagoda in Tokyo
The sun shines on the pagoda near the Sensoji Temple in Tokyo, Japan.
Buddha with Flowers
A Buddha statue and flowers in the Meigetsu-in Temple, built in 1394, at Kamakura, Japan.
Temple View
A view through the trees of the Kenchoji Temple in Kamakura, Japan.
Pagoda in the Sun
Stone Dog
A statue of a dog at the Sasuke Inari-jinja Shrine near Kamakura, Japan.
Clouds over Ysleta
A cloudy day at the Ysleta Mission, built in 1682, in El Paso, Texas.
Clouds over the Mission
Clouds pass over the nineteenth century Ysleta MIssion, on the Mission Trail, in El Paso, Texas.
San Lorenzo Fiesta
The sun sets on the crowd at the San Lorenzo Church Fiesta in Clint, Texas.
Saint Lukes Cornerstone
The cornerstone of Saint Luke Catholic Church, built in 1891 and on the National Register of Historic Places, at Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
Day of the Dead 1
A woman smiles at the 2022 Day of the Dead Festival and Parade in downtownb El Paso, Texas.
Dusk in Kyoto
Evening at the Kiyomizu-dera Temple overlooking Kyoto, Japan.
Pagoda in Kyoto 4
Auntumn leaves surround the 16th century pagoda at the Toji Temple in Kyoto, Japan.
Purifying
Water flows at a purification area near a shrine in Kyoto, Japan.
Pagoda in Kyoto 2
Auntumn leaves reflect off a pond near the 16th century pagoda at the Toji Temple in Kyoto, Japan.
San Francesco di Paola
A sunny day in front of Basilica Reale Pontificia San Francesco da Paola, completed in 1816, and located at Piazza Plebiscito in Naples, Italy.
Autumn at Toji Temple
Autumn on the grounds of the Toji Temple, the sun shines on leaves with the 16th century pagoda in the background.
La Isla Graves
An old grave at the La Isla Cemetery near Fabens, Texas just southeast of El Paso.
The Bell Above
Gokoku Shrine Torii 2
The looking up at the tall torii gate in front of the Gokoku Shine in Hiroshima, Japan.
Patriotism at La Isla 3
Gokoku Shrine Torii 4
Stone Guardian
A stone statue guards the Tengenji Temple in Minato, a suburb of Tokyo, Japan.
Smeltertown Graves
Plastic flowers placed on a grave at the historic Smeltertown Cemetery near El Paso, Texas.
Hiroshima Castle 5
Looking through the trees at the Hiroshima Castle, the original was destroyed by the 1945 atomic bombing and this 16th century replica was built in 1958 at Hiroshima, Japan.
Yoko Neno Shrine
A car passes the Shioiri Neno Shrine in Yokosuka, Japan.
The Buddha 7
The Great Buddha, or Kamakura Daibutsu, the 43 foot tall and 103 ton statue was completed in 1252 and stands in Kamakura, Japan.
Summer at Socorro
A hot summer day as the Texas sun shines on the Socorro Mission, built in 1840, in Socorro, Texas near El Paso.
Koto City Buddha
The Buddha statue inside suburban Koto City's Hojoin Temple as seen from the street in Tokyo, Japan.
The Bells of Socorro 2
The bell tower of the Socorro Mission, built in 1840, in Socorro, Texas near El Paso with bells casts in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Winter Leaves
Winter leaves on a tree in front of the San Elizario Mission near El Paso, Texas, built in 1877, and the newest of the three Spanish missions on El Paso's Mission Trail.
