Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel at the Pope’s request. But why has Leonard Knight spent years building his “Salvation Mountain,” a sprawling monument to the Almighty, out of stone and clay in the desert wastes of Slab City, California?All over North America and around the globe, eccentric visionaries like Leonard have created homespun shrines to share their devotion with the world – from the majestic Watts Towers of Los Angeles to Albino Carreira’s mind-boggling “Woodcakes” house in Toronto. This spectacularly photographed nine-part series profiles the men and women who build such incredible monuments to the power of belief.Filmed in High Definition, Shrines and Homemade Holy Places features insightful narration, along with first-person accounts from shrine builders and their fans (or detractors).Many of these shrines express profound spiritual faith. They draw visitors from all over the world, who come seeking miracles, solace and answers to their deepest questions. In its depiction of such fantastic visions made real, Shrines reveals the power of belief to move people in strange and wonderful ways.

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