36 Breathtaking Churches Across the U.S. to Add to Your Bucket List

36. St. Kateri Tekakwitha National Shrine – Honoring a Native American Saint (Fonda, New York)

Visit the site dedicated to the "Lily of the Mohawks," the first Native American woman canonized as a Catholic saint. Located near the Mohawk village (Caughnawaga) where St. Kateri lived for several years, this shrine features a rustic log chapel built in 1938, reminiscent of the mission chapels of her era. The grounds also encompass an excavated archeological site of the village and a museum dedicated to Mohawk history and St. Kateri's life. It’s a unique place focused on the intersection of Native American culture and Catholicism.