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Destinations
Faith Traditions
Christian: Amish Country of Northern Indiana; Celtic Christian Sites in Ireland and Great Britain; Christian Pilgrimage Sites Around the World; Cornell University’s Sage Chapel; Dubuque’s Tiffany Windows; Egyptian Christian Sites; Frauenkirche in Dresden, Germany; Iowa’s Grotto of the Redemption; Iowa’s New Melleray Abbey; Israel; Latter Day Saints Landmarks in Independence, Missouri; Loome Theological Booksellers; Lourdes, France; Martin Luther Sites in Germany; Milwaukee’s St. Joan of Arc Chapel; Milwaukee’s Basilica of Saint Josaphat; National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Illinois; New York’s Abbey of the Genesee; Northern Ireland: In the Footsteps of St. Patrick; Salem, Massachusetts; Santiago de Compostela, Spain; South Dakota’s Stavkirke; St. Anne’s Shrine in Wisconsin; St. Louis Churches; Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah; Thomas Merton Tour in Kentucky; Turkey (Istanbul, Ephesus, Pergamum); Wisconsin’s Sinsinawa Mound; Wisconsin’s Dickeyville Grotto; Whitby, England; Zaragoza, Spain: Our Lady of Pilar
Buddhist: Beomeosa Temple, South Korea; Drepung Gomang Tibetan Buddhist Institute in Louisville, Kentucky; Gyeongju, South Korea; Japanese Tea Ceremony; Kyoto, Japan; Shambhala Mountain Center in Colorado; Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center/Kumbum Temple in Bloomington, Indiana; Wisconsin’s Deer Park Buddhist Center
Hinduism: Hindu Temple & Cultural Center of Iowa
Jewish: Israel; Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies in Chicago
Islamic: Istanbul’s Blue Mosque; Istanbul’s Pavilion of the Holy Mantle; Whirling Dervishes
Native American: Badlands National Park in South Dakota; Bear Butte in South Dakota; Cahokia Mounds in Illinois; Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa; Pipestone National Monument in Minnesota; Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Wounded Knee Museum in Wall
Ancient Traditions: Egyptian Ancient Sites; Mt. Fuji, Japan; Maori Culture in New Zealand
Literary & Philosophical Pilgrimages: The Transcendentalist Trail in Concord, Massachusetts
Hallowed Ground: D-Day Sites in Normandy, France
Interfaith: Louisville’s Festival of Faiths
Spiritual Experiences in Nature: Utah’s Canyonlands Region (including Fremont Petroglyphs); Wolf-Watching in Yellowstone National Park
Off-Beat and Quirky Destinations: Leila’s Hair Museum in Independence, Missouri
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