religion

"I was hitchhiking through Nashville, Tennessee, during this terrible blizzard. After freezing for a couple of hours, I gave up on living. No one was going to help me. Right when I closed my eyes, this guy came up and asked, 'Are you cold, boy?'" — Read the rest of the story.

Farook Taylor, cyclist: "I pray everywhere. When I'm out riding my bike and it's time to pray, I go find a bathroom to wash up first. When you pray, you pray to Allah, and that's it. You block everything else out. Afterwards, you feel a whole lot better." Read the rest of his quote.

Travelogs 10/2011 takes us to Saint Catherine's and Mount Sinai in Egypt.

Travelogs 7/2011 takes us to a Shaker village in Massachusetts.

A Russian Orthodox nun asks for money at the entrance to a metro station in Minsk. While the Catholic churches in Belarus are well-funded by the Vatican, the Orthodox churches depend largely on donations.