Across the world, people are purchasing churches that date back centuries and turning these beautiful pieces of architecture into modern homes with pools, granite countertops, and office spaces.

Notre Dame Cathedral is set to reopen on December 7, more than five years after a fire devastated parts of the building.

Carved in stone: the extraordinary 12th Century Church of St George at Lalibela. Part of a World Heritage site, it took more than 20 years to carve this church out of the mountainside. Frank ...