Tim Egan thought he'd try walking the ancient pilgrim route from Canterbury to Rome.

Coming up, he explains how your beliefs can be challenged by the medieval mindset, especially when you confront it in person.

Some of them would start out as Christians and end up as

atheists, others would start out as atheists and end up as Christians. A trip to

Germany helped Lori Erickson connect with her spiritual heritage. She's since

traveled as far as Peru and as close as South Dakota to look for what's sacred.

There are places all over the earth where people can have this sort of rich life-changing travel experience.

And Paris correspondent Elaine Shalina. life-changing travel experience.

And Paris correspondent Elaine Shalino

remembers what it was like one year ago

when word got out that the Cathedral of Notre Dame was on fire.

It was an absolute nightmare

and it affected people in very strange ways.

There are places on earth that can move you deep within.

We'll find some of them just ahead.

On Travel with Rick Steeves. Stay with us.

Hey I'm Rick Steeves. For the last 15 years, our mission on Travel with Rick Steeves has been

to stoke your travel dreams and to share inspiring stories from every corner of our globe.

While the world grapples with the pandemic of coronavirus, we understand that trips are

temporarily off the table for many of us.

But we'll get through this, and we'll keep on traveling when this crisis becomes old news.

Until then, let's use this time to stoke those travel dreams as we enjoy hearing from our friends and experts about their adventures.

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